ENGL 112 Exam Review

figure of repetition where the same word/ phrase is repeated in, and usually at the beginning of successive lines

replaces the name of one thing with name of something else closely related

What happened between the years of 1939-1945?

aimed at clarity and exactness in the short lyric poem

zooming in intensively on a text and reading whats there

The name of a part substitutes for that of a whole or vice versa.

counting feet: tetrameter

counting feet: monometer

the irish free state was formed in 1922

counting feet: octameter

Types of feet: phyrhic

criss cross of terms in 2 parallel clauses; reversed in the second line. often has repetition. greek word.

types of feet: iambic

being

a kind of poetry that does not conform to any regular meter or rhyme scheme

petarchan rhyme scheme; Italian

story/ visual image with a second distinct meaning

type of voice that it is clear who is doing the action

verbal description of, or meditation upon a non-verbal work of art (real or imagined); usually a sculpture

counting feet: trimeter

slavery ended in 1863

thing, idea, or action is referred to by a word or expression

any 6 verse lines forming the second part of a sonnet

artistic renaissance in New York, connected to jazz music. a time when African Americans used music to reclaim culture

comparisons

self-contradictory as to provoke us into seeking another sense of context in which it would be true

counting feet: hexameter

counting feet: pentameter

knowing

language you use when you are making something happen

3 quatrains with a final rhyming "heroic couplet."

designating the mood or atmosphere of a work

years of modernism

relationships between texts

an address to an inanimate object

a "turn" in the poem. Italian.

counting feet: heptameter

an adverse or poem that gives the single view of a single person; often accompanies a lyre

type of voice that elides the doer

14 line poem with varied rhyme scheme; typically has a single sentiment with a turning point in final lines

types of feet: dactylic

Gaelic language & myths as alternative to Greek and English. late 19th cent.-early 20th cent. AKA Celtic twilight (1893)

something that stands for or represents something else beyond it

any 4 lines in a stanza or complete poem

Shakespearean rhyme scheme

counting feet: dimeter

Types of feet: spondaic

celebrates the innocent lives of shepherds and shepherdesses in poems, plays, and prose

what happened between the years of 1861-1865?

types of feet: trochaic

any 8 lines in a stanza or complete poem

types of feet: anapestic

what happened between the dates of 1914-1918?

can be a genre, established pattern of poetic devices, structures, or unifying principle of design in a given work

use of language in a literary work that evoke sense-impressions

logic of soul/ mind. greek.

means "to call" in french; when a part of you feels called to

An elaborate metaphor

serious in tone, elaborate, formal lyric poem often in form of a lengthy ceremonious address to a person/abstract entity