eng11 vocab 2.1

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attitude

a writer’s overall response to a situation/person/idea/emotion. reflections emotional stance/tone of speaker towards subject, revealing perspective/feelings/beliefs through choice of words/imagery. ties piece together (along with theme)

assonance

repetition of same or similar vowel sounds within words in close proximity (ex. he fell asleep under the cherry tree)

caesura

pause in a line determined by natural rhythm of diction (ex. two roads diverged // in a yellow wood)

consonance

repetition of same consonant sounds within words in close proximity (ex. the waterfall stairs to his shy smile)

rhyme

positioning of two or more towards reasonably close together in order to emphasize similarity/agreement in their sounds

end rhyme

occurs between the final words on two lines

internal rhyme

occurs between two words within a single line

imperfect rhyme

words where final consonants are identical but preceding vowels differ (eg. bought/fight)

sight rhyme

words that conclude with the same spelling but do not rhyme in the way they are pronounced (eg. creak/break)

humanism

intellectual movement that emphasized human potential, classical learning, and critical inquiry. sought to harmonize classical text with Christian thought

sonnet

14-line poem often written in iambic pentameter with a structured rhyme scheme. common renaissance forms include petrarchan (Italian) and shakespearan (English) sonnet

iambic pentameter

a poetic meter consisting of of 5 iambic feet per line (an unstressed syllable by a stressed one) widely used by Shakespeare and renaissance poets

blank verse

unrhymed iambic pentameter, dominant verse of form of renaissance drama and Shakespeare’s writing

pastoral

a literary mode idealizes rural life and nature, contrasting innocence of country life with the corruption of court/city

conceit

extended, imaginative comparison between 2 unlike things, often comparing a metaphysical of divine reality w/ smthn very ordinary

classical allusion

a reference to Greek/Roman mythology/literature/history, frequent in renaissance works due to revival of classical learning

courtly love

medieval + renaissance tradition where noble lovers express admiration, loyalty, emotional suffering, often idealized + unattainable