Home
Subjects
Textbook solutions
Create
Study sets, textbooks, questions
Log in
Sign up
Upgrade to remove ads
Only $35.99/year
Arts and Humanities
English
Literature
POETRY TERM I
STUDY
Flashcards
Learn
Write
Spell
Test
PLAY
Match
Gravity
Terms in this set (87)
alliteration
repetition of the initial consonant sounds in adjacent words
allusion
a reference to another work of literature, person, or event
ambiguity
uncertainty of meaning or intention
anapest (anapestic)
unstressed, unstressed, stressed
antithesis
opposite
approximate rhyme
rhyme in which the final sounds of words are similar but not identical
assonance
repetition of vowel sounds
aubade
morning love song
audience
the listener, viewer, or reader of a text
ballad
narrative that tells a story
blank verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter
cacophony
bad noise
caesura
pause
carpe diem
seize the day
conceit
extended metaphor
Sets with similar terms
English
61 terms
Poetry
54 terms
Poetic Terms
44 terms
Poetry Terminology
45 terms
Other sets by this creator
Syntax: Terms for Rhetorical Analysis
28 terms
POETRY TERM I
87 terms
Verified questions
LITERATURE
"The magic happened" for John Steinbeck at the age of nine when he first read Malory's Morte d'Arthur. Think of a book, movie, or TV show that made a strong, almost "magical," impression on you at a young age. In a brief essay, explain how you felt about the work then, why it was important to you, and how you feel about the work now.
LITERATURE
How is the poem's meaning contributed to by its form?
LITERATURE
What lessons do you think Edmundson learned in his “night school”?
LITERATURE
Read aloud lines 1-2 of Scene ii. What insight do these lines offer into Lady Macbeth's character?