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LCC1
English
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Literature
Undergraduate 2
10/20/2012

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Explication
Definition
Examining lines of poetry closely to find how pieces combine to show meaning
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Analysis
Definition
Determining how the form, content and contextual elements of a poem combine to convey a specific meaning
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English (Shakespearean) –
Definition
A sonnet consisting of thee quatrains (four-line verses) and a couplet (two-line verse). Its rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.
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Italian (Petrarchan) –
Definition
A sonnet consisting of an octave and a sestet. It's rhyme scheme is abba abba cde cde.
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Spenserian –
Definition
A form of English sonnet with quatrains following a linked rhyme scheme: abab bcbc cdcd gg.
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Rhyme Scheme -
Definition
The order in which rhymed words recur
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Octave
Definition
An eight-line stanza.
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sestet
Definition
a six line stanza
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Quatrain
Definition
a four line stanza
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Metaphor
Definition
a direct comparison
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Personification
Definition
A technique of ascribing human characteristics to a non-human entity
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assonance
Definition
the repetition of vowel sounds in a phrase or line.
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Iambic Pentameter -
Definition
5 poetic feet and each foot has a pattern of unstressed/stressed
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Trochee (trochaic) -
Definition
A foot consisting of an accented and an unaccented syllable, as in the word Happy
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Enjambment
Definition
The continuation of the sense and grammatical construction of a line on to the next verse or couplet.
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Haiku
Definition
three line Japanese poem 575
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Stanza
Definition
A recurrent grouping of two or more verse lines in terms of length, metrical form, and , often, rhyme scheme.
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Image
Definition
A literal and concrete representation of a sensory experience or of an object that can be known by one or more senses.
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