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| a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds |
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| a somber poem or song that praises or laments the dead. |
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Fictional Novella / Biblical Poem
Judith against Holofernes king of the assyrians she appeals to Holofernes and he takes her to bed but passes out, she then beheads him without the soldiers outside knowing. the soldiers find out. She returns to her city with his head and a raid of Jews set in route for the Assyrians (cut the head off the snake the body dies too) gives the victory to God in the end and not to herself. |
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| the use of the same consonant ( consonantal alliteration ) or of a vowel, not necessarily the same vowel ( vocalic alliteration ), at the beginning of each word or each stressed syllable in a line of verse, as in around the rock the ragged rascal ran |
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| Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |
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| A story in which faith, truth, abstract concepts become characters. |
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| explains something important in a dream |
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| the application of the general principles of rhetoric to the specific department of public preaching. |
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| teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson. |
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| a work written as an explanation or justification of one's motives, convictions, or acts. |
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| a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. |
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| The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus |
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| story within a story (Canterbury Tales) |
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| is set among shepherds making often a refined allusion to other apparently unconnected subjects |
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| moral test and marvelous events |
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| a poem in which the voice of a historical or fictional character speaks, unmediated by any narrator to an implied though silent audience. |
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| a short funny often bawdy narrative in low style imitated and developed from french models most subtly by Chaucer |
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| the communication in the form of a letter between equals complaining of the ills of contemporary society 1st person narrative |
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Judith
Dream of the Rood
Beowulf
The Battle of Maldon |
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Lanval
Vision of Piers Plowman
Julian of Norwich (anchoress)
Millers Tale
The wife of Baths Tale |
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Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd
The Bait
The Faerie Queen Dr. Faustus |
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| Spenserian Stanza knight Redcrosse Dragon Hermit Sprites Tree Witch |
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Morality Play/ Allegory
Pride, Beauty, Five Wits, Strength and Discretion – all of them forsake “every man” in the end. |
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| Passionate Shepherd to his love |
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| Pastoral Poem/ tries to convince his love to live with him (offers materialistic Ideas (also Temporary) beauty of the land he owns, nothing true or prolonging) |
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| the nymphs reply to the shepherd |
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| Pessimistic response to the shepherd, land is beautiful but is temporary till winter comes. |
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| Devils Mephistopheles takes Faustus's soul in return he recieves 24 years of Mephistopheles . Stupidity may warning from angels, proof of angels and devils no reason to not repent or believe in heaven or hell. |
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| Knight Rapes a girl and is put on trial by Aurthur's court to be sentenced to death the queen saves his life on the condition that he must find what a woman most desires. He asks many but all say lust love money happiness freedom looks, but the he finds an Old Lady claims she knows what women most desire and says she will help him if in return he must pledge himself to her. his life is saved the lady states that women most desire control over there husbands and lovers. She publicly asks him to marry her but he offers material possesions but is turned down and he consents. They argue over Gentleness. And she asks him would you rather me be loyal and ugly or beautiful and unfaithful. He replies that it is her choice giving her the authority, and she chooses to be both. and they live a happy relationship. |
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