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English
10th Grade
05/29/2011

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Lyric

Definition

short poem that expresses emotions or feeling, not tell a story.

ex: 

 

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Imagery

Definition

figurative or descriptive language in a literary work

 

Term
metaphors
Definition

ex: "On first looking into Chapmans homer"

"The solitary reaper"

-EXTENDED METAPHORS

an comparison between two things not using like or as. used to represent something.

 

Term
iambic pentameter/ sonnet
Definition

a sonnet is formed by an octave and a sesett, and can be english or italian, which can differenciate from one another from their rhyme. 

ex: "ozymandias" -shelley

"on first looking into Chapmans Homer" -Keats

italian petrachan: abbaabbacdcd

english shaxian: ababcdcdefefgg

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paradox
Definition

two opposite things that are true.

ex:

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poetic conceit
Definition

far fetched metaphor

ex: " The Flea" 

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carpe diem 
Definition

seize the day

ex: "The passionate Shepherd to his love" -Marlowe

" The Bait" - John Donne

"To his Coy Mistress" - Marvell

" Death be not proud" - John Donne

 

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