ENG TEST1

pathetic fallacy

specific type of personification where weather or inanimate surroundings reflect or comment on human emotions

Dramatic monologue

a speech where a single character, who is not the poet, speaks to a silent listener in a specific, critical moment, revealing their character and the dramatic situation. The speaker's words disclose their thoughts, feelings, and motivations to the audience, often through irony or implication.

catharsis

the purging/release of emotional tensions, esp through kinds of art/music

Guile

deceptive/cunning

Myriad

countless/great number of things

Subtleties

many complex and hidden feelings and actions

vile

wicked

refrain

repeats at the end of a verse, line, poem, etc

Villanelle

19 line poe with 2 rhymes

vex

to annoy/irritate

sullen

gloomy

HITTWF

Emily Dickinson

Ishamel Reed

DO not read this poem

Robert Browning

Porphyrias Lover

DYlan thomas

dont go gentle into that good night

we wear the mask

PLD

bluebird

charles

invictus

WEH

invictus

unconquerable