poetry: key terms

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  • Created on: 02-04-22 20:56
which syllable is emphasised in a trochee?
first
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what is the inversion of the normal word order called?
hyperbaton
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what can you call a line of hexameter?
Alexandrine
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what is the name for an extended metaphor?
conceit
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what does in media res mean?
a poem starting in the middle of action
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what is dactylic meter?
3 syllables with only the 1st stressed
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what is a regretful poem about sunrise called
an aubade
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what is a poem with one narrator expressing personal feelings called?
a lyric poem
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which method is used here? "thy face in mine eye, thine in mine appears".
chiasmus
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what is the name for a repeated vowel sound?
assonance
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what is a visual pun, seen in the print of donne's poems, called?
an orthographic pun
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what is the name for an extended metaphor?

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