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ROMANTIC PERIOD |
Poets: Keats, Frost, Shelley, Whitman 1790-1840 (reaction to industrialism/age of enlightenment and rationalization of nature) Intuition/emotion>reason; uses nature and art to invoke emotion Mainly targeted towards men, educated leisure class, |
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DEVICES/THEMES IN ROMANTICSIM |
Imagery and natural objects Symbols are portrayed through imagery, metaphor, often ambiguous Themes of quest, dreams, apocalypse, rural life |
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SONNETS |
Poets: Kyd, Marlowe, Shakespeare Iambic pentameter; a-b-a-b rhyme scheme Typically deals with themes of love incorporate volta: unexpected thematic turn, used to present theme in new way |
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PROSODY |
In poetry: theory and principles of versification (stanza, rhythm, accent) physical arrangement of words i.e. line breaks, punctuation |
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IMAGISM |
-direct treatment of subject, either subjective or objective -no excess words -no strict rhyme (musical flow) |
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HARLEM RENNAISANCE |
-1920-1930 modernism in black literature (breaking down racial/ethnic barriers) -changes to culture subsequent to abolition of slavery - Foundation of the civil rights struggles -Provided black identity that transcended white labels -Linked to post colonialism |
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LYRIC |
-lyric was a song foraccompaniment on the lyre, and could be achoral lyric sung by a group -common lyric forms are thesonnet, ode, elegy, haiku, |