Poetry Vocab
A reference to another body of work usually in pop culture or literature; often comes in reference to the Bible
Allusions
Her mind is a stormy sea, filled with crashing waves of confusion.
Metaphor
Madwoman in the Attic
tercet
The setting of Ceremony where Tayo's characterization is directly impacted by it's climate and weather.
Navajo Reservation
New Mexico
The repetition of vowel sounds in a sequence of words
Assonance
His smile was as bright as the sun.
Simile
A beautiful woman connected to nature that spirals into a deep depression; based off of the character in Hamlet
Ophelia
a stanza consisting of four lines
quatrain
A FOIL to Blanche in Streetcar Named Desire
Stella
Dictionary definition of a concept
Denotation
The wild wind whipped wildly through the willows.
Alliteration
A character's who's actions can be justified by the audience given their past.
often happens with tone or pov, this is when a major change occurs from one stanza to another
shift
Cattle Woman's native name, otherwise known as ThoughtWoman
T'se
Type of poem that does not have regular meter or rhyme scheme
Free Verse
The leaves danced in the wind.
Personification
Determined by the author and interpreted by the reader, the motivations and actions needing to be justified by other characters. Often based on religious upbringing, cultural norms, or geographical location.
Character Moral Codes
general pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
rhythm
This symbol represents Paul D's heart and the continuous rusting over of it over time.
Tobacco Tin
Petrarchan Sonnet
Jumbo shrimp
Oxymoron
Characters that are used to contrast one another, Laertes vs Hamlet
FOIL Characters
Often used in poetry to reinforce thematic meaning for emphasis; when you see something multiple times throughout the poem
repetition
The questioning of life after death and our purpose on Earth
Existentialist Lens