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| 2 successvie lines of poetry that rhyme |
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| 2 rhyming lines of iambic pentameter |
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| short, witty statement, often in the form of a poem |
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balancing of two contrasting ideas, words, phrases, often expressed in balanced sentences
ex:"give me liberty or give me death" |
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| writing that ridicules the weaknesses and errors of the individual, humanity, society, and its institutions |
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| repetition of an initial consonant sound in a line of poetry |
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| repetition of a vowel sound in a line of poetry |
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| reference to a person, place, literary work or event the writer expects the reader to recognize |
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| poem of mourning, usually over the death of an individual. formal/ structured. type of lyric poem |
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| direct address of an object or dead/absent person |
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| Italian/Petrarchan Sonnet |
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2 part structure:
1.) Octave- first 8 lines that introduce a problem or situation, abba abba
2.) Sestet- last six lines, observes or comments on the problem, cdc cdc |
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| 4 part structure: 3 quatrains and 1 couplet. Each quatrain develops one aspect of the theme. couplet= final concluding comment |
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| turn, sonnet changes or shifts at a beginning of line 9 with a word like "but" or "if" |
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| poem that tells a story, travel tale, legend, immagination |
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| word whoes sound suggests meaning |
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| complex, lengthy lyric poem written in a dignified style on a serious subject |
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| quality in a work of literature that arouses a reader's feelings of compassion/sympathy/pity/sorrow for a character |
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| a speaker addresses a silent listener, speaker's personality and incident are revealed |
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| a type of comedy based on ridiculous situations, often stereotypical characters |
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