Lit Romantic Era

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lyric poem

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Generally shorter than narrative
Can be in the form of a sonnet, an ode, an elegy or free form.
Examples include “London, 1802” [The world is too much with us], [Surprised by joy]

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narrative poem

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tells a story

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novel

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given in pose, narrated usually, rooted in a specific, and often complex social world.

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essay

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sonnet

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iambic pentameter, 14 lined, abba abba rhyme. sharp turn 9th line =volta

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Ode

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sublime

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a concept generating a literary movement, the sublime refers to the realm of experience beyond the measurable and so beyond the rational.

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Iambic Tetrameter

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u / the line has four stressed syllables

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iambic pentameter

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u / line has five stresses

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blank verse

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unrhymed iambic pentameter lines. no stanzas but is broken up into uneven units determined by sense rather than form.

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epistolary novel

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novel composed of letters, or written in a series of documents

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narrator

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the body telling the story

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first person point of view

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Narration from the perspective of "I" or "We." Narrators may be involved with the action or may simply observe it

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pov Omniscient

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A narrator who knows everything about all the characters

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limited omniscient pov

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A narrator whose knowledge is limited to one character, either major or minor, has a limited omniscient point of view

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gothic

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literature with strong emphasis on horror, and the disturbing