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39 Cards in this Set
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Iambic
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US-S
Bal-LOON for-gIve re-mOrse com-pAre |
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Trochaic/Trochee
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S-US
SO-da |
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Anapestic
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US-US-S
con-tra-DIct |
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Dactyllic
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S-US-US
MA-ni-ac CA-na-da CE-le-brate |
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Spondaic
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S-S
MAn-MAde |
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Prefixes
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Mono, Di, Tri, Tetra, Penta, Hexa, Hepta, Octo
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Scansion
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the analysis of these mechanical elements within a poem to determine meter.
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Type of Stanzas (number of lines) 2-4
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2-Couplet
3-Tercet 4-Quatrain |
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Type of Stanzas (number of lines) 5-9
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5- cinquain
6-sestet 7-septet 8-octet |
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Amphibrach
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a foot with S-US-S
At-it-tUde |
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Lyric
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subjective, reflective poetry with regular rhyme scheme and meter which reveals the poet's thoughts and feelings to create a single, unique impression.
ex. Andrew Marvell "To His Coy Mistress" |
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Narrative
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Nondramatic, objective verse with regular rhyme scheme and meter which relates a story or narrative
Coleridge, "Kubla Khan" |
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Shakespearean Sonnet
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3 quatrains and concluding couplet in iambic pentameter
abab cdcd efef gg or abba cddc effe gg |
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Italian Sonnet
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Octave and a Sestet
abba,abba cde,cde |
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Ode
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Elaborate lyric verse which deals seriously with a difnified theme
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Blank Verse
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Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
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Free Verse
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unrhymed lines without regular rhythm
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Epic
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a long, dignified narrative poem which gives the account of a hero important to his nation or race
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Dramatic Monologue
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lyric poem in which the speaker tells the audience about a dramatic moment in his/her life and, in doing so, reveals his/her character
T.S. Eliot "Prufrock" |
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Elegy
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a poem of lament, meditating on the death of an individual
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Ballad
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simple, narrative verse which tells a story to be sung or recited; the folk balled is anonymously handed down, while the literary ballad has a single author
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Idyll
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lyric poetry describing the life of the shepherd in pastoral, bucolic, idealistic terms
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Metaphor
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a figure of speech which makes a direct comparisohn of two unlike objects by identification or substitution.
"All the world's a stage" |
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Simile
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a direct comparison of two unlike objects, using like or as.
"And like a thunderbolt he falls" |
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Conceit
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an extended metaphor comparing two unlike objects with powerful effect.
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Personification
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a figure of speech in which objects and animals have human qualities
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Apostrophe
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an address to a person or personified object not present.
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Metonymy
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the substitution of a word which relates to the object or person to be named, in place of the name itself.
"The serpent that did sting thy father's life. Now wears his crown" |
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Synechdoche
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a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole object or idea.
"Not a hair perished (person)" |
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Hyperbole
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gross exaggeration for effect: overstatement
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Litotes
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a form of understatement in which the negative of an antonym is used to achieve emphasis and intensity.
"He accused himself, at bottom and not unveraciously, of a fantastic, a demoralized sympathy with her." |
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Verbal Irony
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meaning one thing and saying another
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Dramatic Irony
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what the speaker says and what he/she means, and what the speaker says and the author means
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Situational Irony
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when the reality of a situation differs from the anticipated or intended effect; when something unexpected occurs.
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Symbolism
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the use of one object to suggest another, hidden object or idea
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Imagery
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the use of words to respresent things, actions, or ideas by sensory description
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Paradox
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a statement which appears self-contradictory, but underlines a basis of truth
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Oxymoron
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contradictory term brought together to express a paradox for strong effect
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Allusion
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a ref. to an outside fact, event, or other source.
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