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IB English A1 Paper 1 Poetry Vocabulary
Vocabulary used for poetry commentaries.
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English
12th Grade
04/29/2010

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ALLEGORY
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A description that has a second, usually moral meaning.
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ALLITERATION
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Is the repetition of CONSONANT sounds at the beginning of words.
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ALLUSION
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Refers to an event from an external content.
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APOSTROPHE
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Something that addresses an object or person or idea who is not present as though he/she/it could reply.
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ANTITHESIS
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The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to create a feeling of balance (e.g Too black for heaven, and yet too white for hell)
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ASSONANCE
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The repetition of vowel sounds may also add to euphony.
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AUBADE
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Poetry referring to either the dawn, a love song or about parting lovers.
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BALLAD
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A form of poetry in a specific meter meant to be sung. There is always a repeating refrain and it is always narrative in form.
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BLANK VERSE
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Iambic Pentameter that doesn't rhyme.
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CAESURA
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A cut or break in a line, could be a comma or a semicolon.
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CACOPHONY
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Harsh sounding and generally unpleasant.
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CONSONANCE
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The repetition of consonant sounds NOT in the beginning of a word (which would be alliteration).
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CONTINUOUS FORM
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Lines follow each other without any type of structural organization except by blocks of meaning.
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DIDACTIC POETRY
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Poetry with a directly morally teaching purpose.
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EUPHONY
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Pleasant sounding.
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EXTENDED FIGURE
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An apostrophe, simile, metaphor, etc. which is developed throughout a poem.
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IMAGERY
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Language which appeals to each of the five senses.
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IRONY
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Dramatic or otherwise, conveying an aspect that is intrinsically unexpected or self-contradictory
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METAPHOR
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A direct comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as.
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ONOMATOPOEIA
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Words which are written to mimic a sound.
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PARADOX
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A statement which appears to contradict itself but makes sense (usually in an abstract sense).
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PERSONIFICATION
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Animals or objects are given human characteristics.
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PHONETIC INTENSIVE
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A word whose sound emphasizes its meaning.
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PROSE
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Language which is not in meter.
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REFRAIN
Definition
A repeated line, phrase, sentence, etc. which appears throughout a poem.
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RHETORICAL POETRY
Definition
Poetry written in superfluous language with the intention of being overdramatic.
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SCANSION
Definition
The process of measuring verse.
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TONE
Definition
The writer's attitude toward the subject.
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ANAPHORA
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Repetition of the same word or words from the beginning of sentences, lines, or phrases.
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ARS POETICA
Definition
A poem about poetry.
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CONCEIT
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The comparison of two dissimilar things. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day"
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DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE
Definition
Narrator speaks to himself. The speaker is not the author.
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EPIPHANY
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A realization or comprehension of the essence of something.
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INCANTATION
Definition
Use of words to create an archaic effect.
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INCREMENTAL REPITITION
Definition
Repetition of succeeding stanzas with small substitutions of changes.
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MASCULINE RHYME
Definition
Monosyllabic rhymes.
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METONYMY
Definition
Substitutes the name of one thing with something closely associated with it.
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SYNEDOCHE
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Substitutes a part of one thing to represent the whole, or vice versa.
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PATHETIC FALLACY
Definition
A reflection of the action/events through nature/weather.
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PERSONA
Definition
The character created by the narrator.
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SYNAESTHESIA
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A blending of sensations.
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TROPE
Definition
A way of extending the meanings of words beyond the literal.
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TYPE: ALEXANDRINE
Definition
Twelve-syllable poetic line of French origin.
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TYPE: COUPLET
Definition
A poem or section consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought.
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TYPE:ELEGY
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A poem of loss and consolation.
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TYPE: PANEGYRIC
Definition
Praise for an individual, a group of people, or a body.
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TYPE: SONNET
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A poem of fourteen lines, usually following a strict rhyme scheme/structure.
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TYPE: STICHIC
Definition
A poem which is a continuous sequence of lines without any division into stanzas.
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TYPE: VILLANELLE
Definition
19 lines divided into 5 stanzas.
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TYPE: APOSTROPHE
Definition
A poem directed to a person not present/Dead.
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