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Poetry 95
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English
Undergraduate 4
02/05/2010

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Term
FOOT
Definition
Group of syllables combined in a fixed pattern.
Term
Iambic foot
Definition
unstressed/stressed
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trochee
Definition
stressed/unstressed
Term
anapest
Definition
uu/ unstressed, unstressed, stressed

example introduce
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dactyl
Definition
stressed/unstressed/unstressed ex. happiness
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blank verse
Definition
unrhymed verse
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free verse
Definition
poetry w/ no rhyme
Term
caesura
Definition
rhythmic pause (marked by: II)
Term
blank verse
Definition
unrhymed verse
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free verse
Definition
poetry w/ no rhyme or rhythm
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alliteration
Definition
repetition of consonants/vowels in a poem ie "bravely broached his boiling bloody breast."
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assonance
Definition
internal rhyming vowel sounds

-"fleet feet sweep by sleeping geeks"
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enjambment
Definition
run on line, alludes to poem flow
Term
image
Definition
uses senses to depict a picture
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allegory
Definition
an action or idea that rep thru a symbol
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metonymy
Definition
use of one word for another which it is closely linked. the learning=professor dickey another example:

# "Detroit is still hard at work on an SUV that runs on rain forest trees and panda blood."
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synechdoche
Definition
part that signifies the whole. ie a wave is the ocean or all hands on deck
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hyperbole
Definition
a clear exaggeration. i.e. yo momma so fat jokes
Term
paradox
Definition
statement that appears false but is actually true

i.e.War is peace."
"Freedom is slavery."
"Ignorance is strength."
(George Orwell, 1984)
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couplet
Definition
two line stanza that rhymes (AA)
Term
heroic couplet
Definition
couplet that's run on and second thought reinforces the first

iambic
Term
tercet
Definition
3 line stanza
Term
quatrain
Definition
4 line stanza of any sort
Term
Elgaic/Heroic quatrain
Definition
ABAB iambic pentameter
Term
Ballad quatrain
Definition
ABCB
Term
Quintain
Definition
5 line stanza
Term
Sestain
Definition
6 line stanza
Term
Villanelle
Definition
Term
sonnet
Definition
14 lines iambic pentameter
Term
"Tithonus"
Definition
Tennyson

"The woods decay, the woods decay and fall"
Term
WILLIAM BLAKE
Definition
Persona/Perspective
"Holy Thursday 2" - "Songs of innocence" &
Holy Thursday 1 is from "Song of experience"
Term
SYLLABICS
Definition
-shape/structure
-rule of poem is defined by how many syllables per line
-1, 3, 9,, 6, 8 ; for 8 stanzas
Term
"THE FISH"
Definition
MARIANNE MOORE
-words make a shape
Term
"THE RED WHEELBARROW"
Definition
William Williams
-syllabic
Term
"Convergence of the Twain"
Definition
Thomas Hardy
-both syllabic & pattern poem
-(X x 2) + (2X)
-pattern looks like an iceberg
Term
"SWAN AND SHADOW"
Definition
John Hollander
-pattern & syllabic poem
-mainly pattern; looks like a swan & a reflected half
Term
"EASTER WINGS"
Definition
George Herbert
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"THE WINDOW"
Definition
Mahon
-pattern/ shaped like a window
Term
"THE OVEN BIRD"
Definition
Robert Frost
Term
"The Cambridge Ladies"
Definition
EE CUMMINGS
Term
ITALIAN SONNET
Definition
ABBA ABBA (octave)
[--turn comes --]
CDE CDE (sestet)
Term
ENGLISH SONNET
Definition
AB AB CD CD EF EF (3 quatrains)
[TURN]
GG (couplet)
Term
VILANELLE
Definition
ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA

(3 X 5)+ 4
Term
"THE BROKEN HOME"
Definition
Merril
Term
"THE WAKING"
Definition
Roethke
-vilanelle
Term
SESTINA
Definition
(6 x 6) + 3
inverses upon itself
Term
PERFORMATIVE UTTERANCE
Definition
The words are the action
-"three strikes, you're out!"
-"I now pernounce you man and wife"
Term
"ONE ART"
Definition
Elizabeth Bishop
Term
"THE PAINTER"
Definition
Ashbury
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