English Midterm

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metaphor

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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which is not literally applicable
eg... the flea "this flea our two bloods mingled" the flea is a metaphor for sex

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John donne

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Stanza

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--a grouping of verses

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Conceit

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An elaborate, far-fetched, or unusual comparison—especially one using unlikely metaphors, similes, or contradictions
“The Flea” employs conceit because the comparison between having sex and being bitten by a flea is ridiculous John donne

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sonnet

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A sonnet is fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter with a carefully
patterned rhyme scheme.

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simile

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a comparison between two things using like or as, and sometimes than or the verb resembles.  A simile usually compares two things that initially seem unlike but are shown to have significant resemblance.
anthem for doomed youth "what passing-bells for these who die as cattle"

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Wilfred owen

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Verse

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one line of poetry

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image

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a literal and concrete representation of a sensory experience of an object that can be known by one or more of the senses, an image is an element in the production of meaning in a literary text.
An image does not have to be fixed to a “real” object: it can be figurative, requiring you to trace not simply what the image represents, but what it suggests through that representation.

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solecism

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a grammatical mistake or absurdity
non-standard use of English language
 Donald Rumsfeld. the unknown ÷there are known knowns;

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caesura

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a break within a line of poetry often marked by a comma or a period or a dash eg... pocahontas by Paula Allen "I taught you to plant. Tobacco "

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anaphora

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the intentional repetition of beginning clauses in other to create an artistic effect eg... me seh me cyaan believe it me seh me cyaan believe it

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Micheal smith

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alliteration

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repeating a consonant sound in close proximity to others e.g... anthem for doomed youth, rifles' rapid rattle ,
alliterates with the consonant r

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Wilfred Owen

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Ballad

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a poem that tells a story e.g ..the cremation of Sam Mcgee, there are strange things done in the midnight sun

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Robert service

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dramatic monologue

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an uninterrupted narrative spoken by a single character to a specific audience eg...my last duchess eg...that's my last duchess painted on the wall

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Robert browning

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enjabment

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the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza e.g the red wheelbarrow "so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens"

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William Carlos Williams

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epigraph

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text from another work at the beginning of a poem eg..pocahontas "had I not cradled you in my arms, oh beloved profideous"

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Paula Allen

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synecdoche

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a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole e.g pocahontas "sent ponderous missives to the throne"

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the soldier, Rupert brooke

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Written with fourteen lines in a Petrarchan/Italian sonnet form, the poem is divided into an opening octet, and then followed by a concluding sestet. As far as rhyme scheme, the octet is rhymed after the Shakespearean/Elizabethan (abab cdcd) form, while the sestet follows the Petrarchan/Italian (efg efg) form.

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Wilfred Owen ,anthem for domed youth

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It employs the traditional form of a Petrarchan sonnet, but it uses the rhyme scheme of an English sonnet. Much of the second half of the poem is dedicated to funeral rituals suffered by those families deeply affected by the First World War.