AML 2010 Study Guide - Final Guide: Lyric Poetry, Narrative Poetry, Trochee
25 Apr 2019
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A poem that has meter (usually iambic pentameter) but no rhyme. One unstressed and one stressed syllable (opposite of trochee) Usually done to maintain rhythm or end rhyme. A reference within a piece of literature to history, mythology, the bible, or another piece of literature. The speaker addresses someone who is absent, inanimate, or dead. The person/idea/object is addressed as if alive and present and able to reply. (often begin with "o," Ode a lyric poem that is an address to a particular subject. It is written in an elevated in style with varied or irregular meter. Pastoral a work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life. 14 line poem with regular rhyme scheme and regular meter. Abbaabba cdecde (any combination of c,d,e for the sestet). Synecdoche a figure of speech where part is used to represent the whole.
