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Speaker The person who says the story (not always the poet) can be fictional or real and generalized (not described in detail) or have a specific identity Dramatic Monologue Used by Robert Browning. A single character delivers a speech, Browning's monologues have the character indirectly reveal his haracter or situation andthere is a silent listener Run-on lines Used by Robert Browning. Lines ending where the flow of words forces the reader to read on without pause, more like everyday speech End-stopped lines Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Lines would end just where the speaker would pause for a sing-song effect Novel Long work of fiction, has a complex plot with subplots, has major and minor characters, and a significant theme Social Criticism Called attention to society's ills. Dickens did this Mood A feeling a piece of literature portrays or calls up Theme The piece of literature's central idea Journalistic Essays Short prose pieces that provide perspectives on current events or trends, use serious topics Stanza Repeated groupings if two or more verse lines with a pattern of line length, rhythm, and rhyme Stanza Structure The pattern of stanzas in the poem Irony A contradiction between reality and appearance Metrical Verse Poem with regular rhythm Feet Poetic combination of syllables. Iambic- unstressed, stressed. Trochaic- stressed, unstressed. Anapestic- unstressed, unstressed, stressed. Meter Trimeter-three feet per line. Tetrameter-four feet. Pentameter- five feet Counterpoint Rhythm Two opposing rhythms appear together. Ex- iambic, trochaic, iambic Sprung Rhythm All feet begin with a stressed syllable and contain a varying number of unstressed syllables. Used by Hopkins