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(aka 2ndary epic) an epic poem written in imitation of an earlier epic |
literary epic |
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| 2 |
7 metrical feet; no longer common in English poetry |
heptameter |
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| 3 |
ABAB rhyme scheme; suitable for choirs & hymns, i.e., Amazing Grace |
common measure |
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| 4 |
a ballad with more elaborate stanzas, i.e., Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
literary ballad |
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| 5 |
a foot consisting of a strongly stressed syllable followed by a weekly stressed |
trochaic |
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| 6 |
a foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stress; .e., "The Destruction of Sennacherib" by Byron |
anapestic |
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| 7 |
a foot of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables: merrily, happily |
dactylic foot/meter |
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| 8 |
a kind or type of poetry that conforms to certain conventions & expectations |
genre |
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| 9 |
a line of verse consisting of two metrical feet |
dimeter |
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| 10 |
a line of verse in which a logical or rhetorical pause occurs at the end of the line, usually marked with a period, comma, or semicolon |
end-stopped line |
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| 11 |
a pause or break in the middle of a line, may be marked by a comma |
caesura |
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| 12 |
a rhythmic pattern based on a regular count of both the syllables and the accents in a line; i.e., Canterbury Tales |
accentual-syllabic meter |
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| 13 |
act of determining what meter a given line has, if any |
scansion |
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| 14 |
an iambic line in which the first (unstressed) syllable is omitted; allows poet to vary meter in subtle way |
headless line |
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| 15 |
anonymous medieval word-of-mouth poems |
folk ballads |
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| 16 |
anything that represents or stands in for some larger idea or concept |
symbol |
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| 17 |
arose on the border of Scotland & England when a lot of skirmishes took place |
border ballads |
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| 18 |
as opposed to figurative; considering the obvious meaning of words & phrases |
literal |
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| 19 |
classical epics that became foundational text for later writers |
traditional epic |
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| 20 |
comparison by stating one thing is another |
metaphor |
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| 21 |
comparison using like or as |
simile |
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| 22 |
composed primarily of feet with a weakly stressed followed by strongly stressed syllable |
iambic meter |
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| 23 |
eight metrical feet |
octameter |
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| 24 |
extended metaphor, i.e., the cat in "Elegy to a Favourite Cat..." |
conceit |
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| 25 |
figure of speech wherein a little piece of something stands in for something larger |
synecdoche |
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| 26 |
five metrical feet; iambic most common |
pentameter |
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| 27 |
four metrical feet; common |
tetrameter |
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| 28 |
from Greek for "poem in couplets" or "song"; earliest were for soldiers as they left for battle |
elegy |
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| 29 |
harmonious use of language relative to variations of stress and pitch |
modulation |
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| 30 |
historically consistent elements that a reader has come to expect from a particular kind of poetry |
conventions |
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| 31 |
in metaphor, the subject being illustrated |
tenor |
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| 32 |
line of six metrical feet; not common in English poetry |
hexameter |
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| 33 |
line runs into next line; opposite of end-stopped; a continuation of the sense & grammatical construction beyond the end of a line of verse or the end of a couplet |
enjambment |
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| 34 |
metaphor drawn from the context |
metonymy |
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| 35 |
metrical foot composed of two equally accented syllables |
spondee |
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opposite of homostrophic; unequal stanzas |
heterostropic |
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| 37 |
opposite of literal; use of words, phrases, symbols, & ideas in such a way as to invoke mental images & sense impressions |
figurative |
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| 38 |
origins in oral poetry; regular rhyming stanza format w/ repetition & refrains |
ballad |
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| 39 |
poetic rhythm or cadence as determined by the syllables in a line of poetry with respect to quantity & accent; also meter & metrical foot |
measure |
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| 40 |
poetry written without rhyme or specific meter; a fluid form which conforms to no set rules of traditional versification |
free verse |
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| 41 |
recurrent rhythmical pattern |
cadence |
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| 42 |
recurring rhythmic pattern in a poem that establishes the internal structure of the lines & in some cases whole stanzas; aka measure |
meter |
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| 43 |
refers to presence of a metrical norm or pattern w/in poems that are loose enough to be considered free verse |
ghost of meter |
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| 44 |
rhythm characterized by feet of one to four syllables equal in length but different in the number of syllables |
sprung rhythm |
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| 45 |
single metrical foot; rare to find an entire poem |
monometer |
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| 46 |
stress or accent in a rhythmic series of sounds |
ictus |
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| 47 |
study of poems & their sonic effects |
prosody |
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| 48 |
the image in a metaphor that conveys a comparison to the subject being illustrated |
vehicle |
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| 49 |
the shape and arrangement of words, lines, and images that determines the genre of a poem |
form |
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| 50 |
the slurring together of vowels in adjacent words, so that a syllable is effectively deleted; may be marked with an apostrophe; it is a way of squeezing two unstressed syllables into one in order to maintain the meter |
elision |
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| 51 |
the weight or emphasis placed on a syllable when it is spoken |
stress |
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| 52 |
three metrical feet |
trimeter |
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| 53 |
to begin in the middle of the action |
in medias res |
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| 54 |
unaccented part of poetic foot |
thesis |
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| 55 |
unaccented part of poetic foot |
arsis |
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| 56 |
units of rhythm or meter; the division in verse of a group of syllables, one of which is long or accented |
feet |
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| 57 |
used to note unaccented syllable |
breve |
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| 58 |
written in stanzas of equal length, i.e., Horatian odes |
homostrophic |
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