ENGL 125 Lecture 3: "One Art" and "The Iliad" excerpt
6 Feb 2019
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Villanelle: type of poem with 19 lines. Stanza means room in italian-part of a whole, larger structure. Poems are meant to be read aloud. Masculine rhymes: single syllables (ex. green and screen) Feminine rhymes: two syllables in which the second is unaccented (ex. It is always better not to know personal background of author before reading. Epic simile: more than one comparative aspect. Wanted to be known as a poet, not necessarily a woman. Would not allow work to be published in women featured works. Quiet, from nova scotia, raised by grandparents. Obsessive subject: the art of losing love. Gets more heavy and becomes a person. Lost two cities --> implies she lost a connection, her place, it is unimaginable. Slows down at the end as she says even losing you , meaning it was addressed to someone. Trying to reassure herself that it is not a disaster, has oto tell herself to.
