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Unit 7 Flashcards

0
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What are the elements of poetry

A

Imagery
Word choices
Sounds
Structure

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Is artfully compressed thought resulting in the elevated expression of ideas

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Poetry

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2
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Words that appeal to one or more of the 5 senses

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Concrete language

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3
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The meaning of a word plus all of its implicit and emotional associations

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Connotative language

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4
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A regular pace or beat

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Rhythm

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5
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Divisions in poetry based on thought,meter, or rhyme and recognized by number of lines they contain

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Stanza

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6
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A brief poem expressing the personal views of a single speaker

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Lyric poem

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7
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Composition written in meter

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Verse

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8
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Having end rhyme and regular meter

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Rhymed verse

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9
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Pattern of rhyme and regular meter

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Rhyme scheme

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10
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Poetry whose 1st 8 lines form a distinct unit of thoughts

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Italian sonnet

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Poetry whose thought is usually disturbed over 3 quatrains with a concluding couplet, the whole

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English sonnet

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12
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Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

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13
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Poetry with no set meter or rhyme

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Free verse

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14
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A pair of rhymed lines

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Couplet

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15
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Pairing of rhyming lines written in iambic pentameter

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Heroic couplet

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16
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Stanza or poem of 4 lines

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Quatrain

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17
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Stanza of 3 lines that usually share the same rhyme

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Triplet

18
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Stanza of 6 lines

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Sestet

19
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Stanza of 8 lines

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Octave

20
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How does poetry differ from prose

A

It uses the marks and modes of literature with great intensity
It more often uses language for both its meaning and beauty
It values imagination and emotion more

21
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Imagery may appear in poems in following forms

A

Concrete language
Allusions
Imaginative comparisons

22
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What is the most basic structural division of poetry

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The line

23
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The structure of exodus 15:1-8 is formed by what?

A

Parallelism

Repetition

24
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What is the genre of exodus 15:1-8?

A

Lyric poetry

25
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What enhances exodus 15:1-8?

A

Parallelism

26
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In snow-bound what is the genre?

A

Narrative poetry

27
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What is the main imagery of indoor setting in snow-bound

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Fire

28
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What is whittier’s tone toward nature

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It is neutral there is a danger but also a beauty

29
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What are the 2 main purposes that the traditional ballad form serve in lady Claire

A

Are to entertain listeners

And to pass a cultures world view down to future generations

30
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What are the symbols of lady Claire

A

The lily-white dove, the diamond, the clack, and the rose

31
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In If I had the choice what is Whitman’s poetic model

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The sea

32
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Does the poem If I had the choice use meter and rhythm

A

Yes, some

33
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What is the overall atmosphere of we wear the mask

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Distress

34
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What is the central image of we wear the mask

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The smiling mask that the speaker wears constantly

35
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What does the mask in we wear the mask illustrate

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It illustrates how humans hide there feelings

36
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Is the theme of we wear the mask universal?

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Yes

37
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In the poem the Panther through imaginative comparisons, Rilke uses what?

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Mystic imagery, and theatre imagery

38
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What is the closing atmosphere of the Panther

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Negative and sad

39
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What are the symbols of the Panther

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Bars: restrictive barrier
Panther himself: represents vision of reality
Cramped circles: suffocating routine of daily life
The image: could represent that glimpse of reality occurs momentarily

40
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In snow in the suburbs what did hardy use to connect couplets and their content

A

Rhyme

41
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In snow in the suburbs his poem moves from a what to a more what at the end

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  1. Light hearted humorous tone

2. Serious tone

42
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High flight is an example of what sonnet?

A

An Italian sonnet

43
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What is laughter-silvered wings is an example of what?in High flight

A

Synthesia

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