EXAM 4 Study Guide
The Whitsun Weddings
- in 1964 in England (by Philip Larkin)
Ode to a Nightingale
by John Keats
A
H
ill
.by A
nthony H
echt : This is genius
........
Fern Hill
pg. 989 .by D
ylan Thomas
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
pg. 820 by Wallace Stevens
I Do Not
… written in 2000 :
Michael Palmer
: post-modernism
The Raven
pg. 615 by Edgar Allen Poe
Mending Wall
by Robert frost
Church Going
by Phillip Larkin
Some vocab that might seen on the test:
alliteration
: Most often thought of as pattern of repeated initial consonant sounds
assonance:
The repetition of vowel sounds
consonance
:The repetition of consonant sounds
end-stopped line
:
End-stopping is a feature in poetry in which the syntactic unit (phrase, clause,
or sentence) corresponds in length to the line. Its opposite is enjambment
end-rhyme
: occurs in last syllable of verse
internal rhyme
: occurs in the middle of a line
slant rhyme
: “near rhyme” “half rhyme” words that almost, but don’t quite rhyme
perfect rhyme
: “exact rhyme” “full rhyme” when the later part of the word or phrase is identical
sounding to that of another. eg.
"
leave
" and "
believe
" is an imperfect rhyme, whereas "
gr
een
" and
"
spl
een
" are perfect rhymes
caesura:
from Latin, “cutting or metrical pause”:
A pause or break within a line of poetry,
occurring near the beginning, middle, or end of the line.
Usually signaled by a punctuation mark
onomatopoeia
:
The formation or use of words such as
buzz
that imitate the sounds associated
with the objects or actions they refer to.
blank verse
: Unrhymed decasyllabic (10-syllable) lines, often in iambic pentameter
formal verse
: As opposed to free verse, formal verse is apt to contain a regular meter, rhyme
scheme, or fulfill a convention such as the sonnet, ballad stanza, etc.
free verse
: Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
couplet:
a poem consisting of two-line stanzas
tercet:
a poem consisting of three-line stanzas
quatrain:
a poem consisting of four-line stanzas
sixteener
: each line has 16 syllables
enjambment:
from French “to encroach, to stride”: When the grammatical or syntactical sense
of the line carries over to the next
diction
:
Choice and use of words in speech or writing
simile
: comparison using “like” or “as” (blue as the sky)
metaphor
:
A comparison made between two very different things.
archetype:
pattern of behavior, a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or
emulated.
analogue (analogy)
oxymoron:
figure of speech that combines contradictory terms; paradox
irony:
The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal
meaning
empathy:
refers to the understanding and sharing of a specific emotional state with another
person
sympathy:
sympathy is a concern for the well-being of another
hyperbole:
exaggeration
understatement:
form of speech which contains an expression of less strength than what would
be expected
The Whitsun Weddings
- in 1964 in England (by Philip Larkin)
○
narrative style poem
○
Hull to London
○
6 hour train ride travelling from Hull to London by train
○
