English Poetry and Movements Flashcards
(29 cards)
Assonance
Repeating of the middle vowel sounds
Rhyme patterns
Regular pattern of rhyme (ABABA)
Consonance
Repeating of final consonant sound
End rhyme
Rhyme that happens at the end of the line
Internal rhyme
Rhyme within the lines
Slant rhyme
Rhyme sounds are slightly off
Refrain
Repeat of word phrase line or group of lines.
Stanza
Group of lines
Shakespearean Rhyme pattern
A B A B C D C D E F E F G G
Foot
2 syllables (Highscool = 1 foot)
Iamb
A foot consisting of one unstressed followed by one stressed syllable
Iambic pentameter
5 feet of Iamb
Rule for Shakespearean sonnet
14 lines Must be written in iamb It must be written in pentameter Must follow rhyme scheme of A B A B C D C D E F E F G G
What do the 4 quatrains of a sonnet explain?
- Main theme and main metaphor
- Theme and metaphor extended
- Starts with but… Twist in story
- Summarizes, leaves reader with new image
Five humanities of Renaissance
Poetry, grammar, history, moral philosophy and rhetoric
Renaissance art ideas
Religious motifs Ideal realism Work should be time consuming Extremely structured First to use perspective in art
Renaissance poetry ideas
Shakespearean sonnets!
Structured, ideal reality and time consuming just like art
What does Renaissance mean?
To be reborn
Artist from Renaissance
Michelangelo’s Pieta - religious reference to Jesus and Virgin Mary, very detailed human body and importance of family (mother - son relationship)
1 Renaissance poet
Shakespeare - “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer Day?” - Shakespearean sonnet (all of its qualities), uses metaphor to compare a girl to summer
What is a romantic?
A daydreamer, one who thinks outside the box
Romanticism movement
Response to Industrial Revolution - found inspiration in nature
Free expression on feelings, comes from imagination, reject “artificial rules” that dictate what it should consist of and artists start to center themselves in their paintings
Romanticism art ideas
Imagination, nature centered, now you can recognize artists by the paintings bc they are so unique
Romanticism poetry ideas
Poet is main person, nature is great, are rules they make them themselves