Studied by 103 peopleAllegory
Literary work with two or more levels of meaning one loteral level and one or more symbolic levels
Blank Verse
Pie try written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Characterization
the act of creating and developing a character
Elegy
A solemn and formal lyric Poem about death Epi
Epic
a long narrative poem about the adventures of gods or of a hero
Equivocation
the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication
exemplum
a short tale or anecdote with a moral, especially one used in a medieval sermon
Italian Sonnet
a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd
Lyric Poetry
expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker
Medieval Romance
\n adventure stories that feature kings, knights, and damsels in distress and tell of quests, battles, and doomed love
pastoral
\n Literary work that deals with the pleasure of a simple, rural life or with escape to a simpler place and time
Satire
\n A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies.
Shakespearean sonnet
\n a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
social commentary
writing that offers insight into society, its values, and its customs
Theme
Central idea of a work of literature
Allusion
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
folk ballad
A narrative poem designed to be sung, composed by an anonymous author, and transmitted orally for years or generations before being written down. It has usually undergone modification through the process of oral transmission.
iambic pentameter
a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable
Mood
\n Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
Narrative Poetry
a poem that tells a story
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
quest
a search, hunt; to search, seek, ask
sonnet sequence
a group of sonnets composed by one poet and having a unifying theme or subject.
Sonnet 39
the speaker is trying to sleep to stop his thoughts
Sonnet 31
The speaker is talking to the moon - Hopelessness for stella his lover sonne
Sonnet 26
No pain no Gain Sonn
Sonnet 75
the speaker writes his lovers name in the sand over and over again as it keeps getting washed away - Live in the moment
Sonnet 130
English poetry - the speaker describes all the lady’s flaws - he is lighthearted.
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