Epic Poetry
Name of the epic we read in class
What is Beowulf?
How many characters are introduced in the General prologue to The Canterbury Tales?
What is 29?
The principle of romanticism said to be the "center of romanticism
What is Imagination?
Author of "The Flea" and "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning"
Who is John Donne?
The term for the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect
What is Anaphora?
Author of the epic we read
Who is an unknown author?
How many husbands has the Wife of Bath had?
What is 5?
The romantic term for the clash between reason and intuition
What is conciousness?
Author of "A Dialogue Between The Soul and The Body" and "To His Coy Mistress"
Who is Andrew Marvell?
The term for a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters, and their actions are placed side by side
What is Juxtaposition?
Means "In The Middle Of Things"
What is "In Media Res"?
What story does the Wife of Bath talk about in the middle of her tale?
What is Ovid's story of Midas?
The concept of romanticism that idealizes other cultures as mysterious and dangerous
What is exotic?
The comparison between two unlike things that runs through the whole poem
What is a conceit?
The term for intervention by supernatural forces in order to resolve conflict
Deus Ex Machina
The term for a character talking about themselves and their accomplishments.
What is a boast?
What does the Pardoner preach about?
What is Covetousness?
The concept of romanticism said to be a result of an encounter with nature
what is sublime?
A clever expression of thought characteristic of this genre of poetry
What is Metaphysical Wit/Wit?
The term for an unstressed/unstressed/stressed pattern in a poem
A detailed comparison that spans many lines
What is an epic simile?
Who do the youths initially intend to kill?
What is Death?
Romantic concept borrowed from Greek myths
What is pastoral?
A metaphysical poem eventually reveals a...
What is a psychological analysis?
The term for a likeness to the truth, such as the resemblance of a fictitious work to a real event, even if it is a far-fetched one
What is versimilitude?