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28 Cards in this Set
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Rancor |
bitterness or resentment |
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exile |
expell from native country |
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Imagery |
Visual sensory words |
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elegy |
medatiative poem that reflects upon death |
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lyric poem |
short and expresses personal thoughts and feelings |
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epic |
on a serious subject in a formal style about a warrior |
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soliloquy |
charecter speaks thoughts aloud |
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fatalism |
everything is determined by fate |
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wyrd |
fate |
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mead hall |
social gathering place or drinking hall |
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scops |
professional poets that travel |
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diction |
writer or speakers choice of words |
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tone |
attitude of the author |
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ballad |
naritive poem intended to be sung |
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frame story |
story within a story |
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chivalry |
code of honor of a knight |
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courtly love |
proper conduct of a love affair |
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winsomeness * |
charm and delightfullness |
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redress |
setting something right or compensation |
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blithe * |
chearfull |
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caesuras |
break in the middle of the line |
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alliteration |
use of repeating consinant |
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kenning |
metaphorical compound word |
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admonish |
caution or advise |
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fervent |
hot and glowing |
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sentinel |
a guard that keeps watch |
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assonance |
repetation of vowels |
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rapture * |
joy or great pleasure |
