Vocabulary Flashcards
(12 cards)
Primary Source
from the time
Secondary Source
someone telling you about a primary source, a second hand view
Elegy
a sad poem or story usually associated with death/sadness
Kennings
a compound expression of old English, given a metaphorical meaning;
Phrases that take a word and describe it in a roundabout way
Bob and Wheel
Ending lines that almost summarize what happened in the verse
Estates Satires
The satirizing of the class breakdown/those not living up to class expectations.
Ubi Sunt
Where have they gone
Alliteration verse
Verses the start with the same letter
Paratexts
things that are not crucial to the story but add extra information
Renaissance
Rebirth
Caesura
Poetic pause in the middle of the line
Humanism
celebrating the human mind above animals. Doesn’t dismiss religion however
