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What is Renaissance (rebirth)?

The revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th to 16th centuries

What is Romanticism?

Less structured and focuses on nature, imagination, emotion, freedom, and creativity. A response to neoclassicism

What is Modernism?

Increased focus on individualism. Encourages the importance of science and philosophy. Started after the wars. Replicates symbolism, free verse, and imagery.

What is Postmodernism?

A reaction to Modernism. very ironic, skeptical, and challenging to ways of understanding. Style: Paradoxical (life of Pi)

Describe the poetic device Imagery

Describes things very vividly, uses five senses to create mental images

Describe the poetic device Symbolism?

The use of words or images to symbolize specific concepts, people, objects, or events

Describe the poetic device Onomatopoeia?

A word that actually looks like the sound it makes (comic book)

Describe the poetic devices Caesura?

A break or pause in the line, often done with punctuation (to be, or not to be)

Describe the poetic device Enjambment

Where the meaning or thought runs from one line into the other

Describe the poetic device End stopped lines

Where thoughts are conveyed in single lines

Describe the poetic device Simile

A comparison using “like” or “as”

Describe the Poetic Device Metaphor

Describing something as being the same as an unrelated object (not using like or as)

Describe the poetic device Metonymy

Naming an object or concept which replaces one word that it is connected to

Describe the poetic device Personification

attributing human-like characteristics to a non-human being or object

Describe the poetic device Allegory

an extended metaphor in which characters, places, and objects in a narrative carry figurative meanings

Describe the poetic device Alliteration

repetition of the the same sound at the start of a series of words

Describe the poetic device Assonance

repetition of vowel sounds inside consecutive worlds (not first syllable)

Describe the poetic device Anaphora

The repetition of words or phrases in a group of poetic lines (karma- taylor swift)

Describe the poetic device Rhyme Scheme

The pattern of rhymes at the end of lines

Describe the poetic device Stanza

a group of lines separated from the rest of the poem

Describe the poetic device Quatrain

A stanza with four lines

Describe the poetic device Couplet

A stanza or poem

What type of Poem is a Free Verse Poem?

Poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter

What type of Poem is an Ode Poem?

Poems that glorify object or being

What type of Poem is a Lyric Poem?

A relative short poem

Describe the type of poem that Rime of the Ancient Mariner is

it is a Narrative poem in the form of a lyrical ballad (has the same form as a poem; lines, stanzas, rhyme, punctuation, etc. But tells a story, has a lively rhythm, often repeat of lines and use a rhyme scheme)

What is Rime of the Ancient Mariner about?

This poem has aspects of ‘Charm, Spells, and Magic’ with things like mystical voices, witches, and supernatural glow. There are christian elements throughout the poem. The situation with the Albatross play a key role, with the death of the Albatross comes the supernatural aspects of the water coming to a stand still and the idea of natural vs supernatural.

What poetic devices does Rime of the Ancient Mariner possess?

Anaphora, Alliterations, Personification, Imagery, Onomatopoeia.

What type of the poem is ‘The Tempest’ and what poetic devices does it use?

It is a tragic comedy/greek romance. It uses Imagery, similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, and dramatic irony.

Describe what ‘The Tempest’ is about

It is about love, magic, betrayal, and forgiveness. It takes place on an island