English Poetry

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  • Created on: 02-04-16 20:35
M Q L Y D Q X J W T G S N O H I U G C Q B
M J I H X R O A A L Y O K H L D T E C C Y
N I F P X X G L W M I M I A K A U I T E C
I N N F A H O M N T H J C E N Y A N R O R
U T F Y Y P J M A L A I K T U H E O L D J
S E S T W O T R T V S F H M C M H F M V D
O R X S O N E Q A S X R F O E T P E X A I
T P C H P T F T A M O P R V U C T U I V V
N E L E I O M L Q P M T O A I R X E C J M
C L G L A K C N O R E M E B I D O T W M D
M L L L A O H M O E C H M C H P E E A H V
S A D I E N O F H I T A A M O R I L W W M
M T Y N Y R G C T F I L Q T T E P T T L W
H I W C P N O N O R F H A J J W L F D B D
V O Q H V R A H O E A M I W O F Q K V F O
V N I S T M T B E A O Q A C V J B G V E F
V S A L O A M T B N X P L R W V B G I J O
M C T R E A P U O F Q P J Y M G W B K G Y
B L A D I N F B N K S P R D E V L G A B B
F S B J K G L K L C C I V I V V L B L L V
Q U V U L S S A B M S V K Y R W E W R K O

Clues

  • A form 18th C writing modelled on classical/latin forms and conventions (12)
  • Human characteristics to an item, animal or plant e.g. Bambi (16)
  • Literary theory (associated with French critic Roland Barthes) based on actual absence of author and intentions from text - where does interpretation begin. Not what the author intends, it's your interpretation (5, 2, 3, 6)
  • Most common metrical foot consisting of two syllables - a short, unaccented syllable followed by a long, accented syllable e.g. a-VOID (4, 2, 6)
  • Opposite to iambic. A metrical foot with a long, accented syllable followed by a short unaccented syllable e.g. SOFT-est WOOL-ly (15)
  • Reacting to the industrialisation of Europe (8, 8)
  • Selection of words beginning with same letter (12)
  • Term (used in particular by French political thinker Louis Althusser) used to describe an interjection that interrupts the text/proceedings (interpelling) (14)
  • the formation of a word associated with what is named after e.g. Crash, bang etc. (12)
  • unit of rhythm/meter when a stanza is divided into syllables, one of which is long/accented e.g. either iambic or trochaic metrical feet. Beats in a line (8, 4)

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