Brit Lit Terms Review T3

Movable stage upon which medieval plays were performed

Medieval play founded on a legend of a saint

Nine-line stanza form used in the Faerie Queene

Professional performer who sang or recited poetry

Narrative form popular in medieval times; themes of love, faith, or adventure

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

Medieval play based on biblical history

A classical love song dealing with rustic/ rural life

14-line poem in iambic pentameter

The regular recurrence of sounds

Poets interested in the mind, the soul, and eternity

The arrangement of events in a play

Sonnet with three quatrains and a couplet; originated in England

A play that deals with significant people and ends unhappily

The correspondence of sounds

A play that deals with insignificant events and ends happily

Pause or break in a line of poetry

The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds

Short poem with emotion, melody, and imagination

Short, narrative folk song telling of a single event in a objective manner

Anglo-Saxon poet who composed and recited his own poetry

An imaginary, ideal world

A speech by one character alone on the stage

Pattern in a line of poetry consisting of one accented syllable

Sonnet with an octave and a sestet; originated in Italy

The measured rhythm of a poem

Short tale or anecdote meant to teach a lesson

A complete thought expressed in two rhyming lines

The pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry

Strong metaphors used in Anglo-Saxon poetry

Lighthearted poets focused on pleasures of the present world

Popular art form originated in France; originally referred to any joyous hymn

A character address the audience or another character to convey his inner feelings or motives