Poetry
a pause within the structure of a meter/line of poetry
Caesura
metrical lines in which its middle words and its end words rhyme with one another.
internal rhyme
writing from the perspective of the author or main character
1st person
literary technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation with one another
dialogue
example: To err is human; to forgive divine
parallelism
A pause at the end of a meter/line of poetry
end-stop
two successive rhyming lines in a verse
couplet
An impersonal recorder or neutral observer narrates the facts or details to the readers.
3rd person
employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society, by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule
satire
example: "She craved to know. She craved to achieve this higher being, if not in herself, then in her children."
anaphora
a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break
enjambment
a 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter that ends with a couplet
Shakespearean Sonnet
a narrator reports the facts, as well as interpreting and relating the thoughts of the characters
3rd person omniscient
a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.
irony
a poetic device that repeats, at regular intervals, in different stanzas
refrain
a literary device defined as un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter
blank verse
a poem with an octet followed by a sestet
Petrarchan Sonnet
a narrator reports and interprets the facts and events from a single character’s perspective
3rd person limited omniscent
a person who must evoke a sense of pity and fear in the audience. He is considered a man of misfortune that comes to him through error of judgment
tragic hero
Example: "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"
villanelle
a metrical foot in poetry in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable for 10 syllables in a line
iambic pentameter
a line of metrical writing, a stanza, or a piece written in meter
verse
a method of narration that describes happenings in the flow of thoughts in the minds of the characters.
stream of consciousness
abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures, and events
allegory
an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work and contributes toward the development of a theme
motif