Poetry literary terms 5.0 / 5 based on 3 ratings ? English LiteraturePost 2000 Poetry (Poems of the Decade Anthology)Philip Larkin (The Less Deceived Anthology)A2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: hannahgwmartinCreated on: 31-05-18 17:25 Effusion A word meaning a spontaneous expression 1 of 20 Elegy A poem lamenting a dead person or persons 2 of 20 Epithalamium A poem celebrating a wedding 3 of 20 Mock-epic A poem employing the devices of an epic to create a parody of the epic’s grandeur 4 of 20 Ode A lyric address, originally sung to music 5 of 20 Pastoral An idealised depiction of rural life 6 of 20 Romantic applied to movements from the late 18th century onwards who valued feelings above thought and originality above derivation 7 of 20 Sonnet Generally refers to a 14 line poem with a strict rhyme scheme 8 of 20 Alliteration The repeating of the initial letter for aesthetic effect 9 of 20 Assonance The repeating of vowel sounds for aesthetic effect 10 of 20 Chorus a few lines that are repeated at the end of each stanza 11 of 20 Enjambment The flowing on of a line of poetry so there is no pause at the end of the line 12 of 20 Refrain The repeating of a single line in a poem, often the last line of a stanza 13 of 20 Repetend A recurring word of phrase, not necessarily as formally arranged as a refrain. 14 of 20 Sibilance The aesthetic use of the hissing ‘s’ sound 15 of 20 Caesura a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse 16 of 20 Periphrasis indirect statements, using a longer phrase instead of a shorter one, talking around a subject, euphemistic 17 of 20 Litotes Ironic understatement, presenting something as the opposite of its negative 18 of 20 Oxymoron contradictory terms used in conjunction 19 of 20 Inverted syntax a change in the pattern of words in the formation of a sentence 20 of 20
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