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Spelling matches the sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
What is metaphor?
Playing with expectations.
What is irony?
What is nostalgic?
A movement that focuses on humanity's transcendance over nature.
Who are the metaphysical poets?
Rhyme within a line.
What is internal rhyme?
Comparing an object with an idea.
What is symbolism?
What is juxtaposition?
Looks down upon the reader and tries to teach.
What is pedantic?
These saps see the sublime in nature and embrace ALL of the feelings.
Who are the Romantics?
Repetition of non-vowel sounds.
What is consonance?
Repeated comparisons to an idea or element.
What is a motif?
Contrast of words. e.g. bittersweet; sweet sorrow
What is oxymoron?
Tries to convey a moral lesson or preach.
What is didactic?
These summertime poets have a cold wit and never shy away from mocking the ridiculous people in power.
Who are the Augustans?
Pattern of beats or accents.
What is meter?
Using one story to tell another story.
What is allegory?
What is a paradox?
Using language characterized by dry wit or scornful mocking.
What is sardonic?
These poets pour their dark souls onto the page, no matter how many Daddy issues come with it.
Who are the Confessional poets?
Meter with long then short meter e.g. single, enter
What is trochaic?
Dramatically less extreme comparisons.
What is meiosis?
A witty saying.
e.g. Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven;
I can resist everything but temptation.
What is an epigram?
Without proper seriousness or respect.
What is irreverent?
Never met a grand object they didn't love (think Spiritus Mundi).
Who are the Symbolists?