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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
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