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Paragraph A group of connected sentences covering one main topic in a work of prose (such as novels) Stanza A group of verses covering one main topic in a work of poetry Couplets two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. Dialogue Conversation between characters, typically in a play Monologue or Soliloquy Large sections of dialogue spoken by one character or actor Aside (n) a line spoken by a character that other characters on stage cannot hear. Characters People in the story Plot Action of the story Climax Most exciting moment of the story; turning point denouement Resolution following the climax Chapters Sections dividing novels Acts Sections dividing plays Meter (in poetry) The number of beats or stressed syllables per verse Dimeter (n) 2 beats or stressed syllables per verse Trimeter 3 beats or stressed syllables per verse Tetrameter 4 beats or stressed syllables per verse Pentameter 5 beats or stressed syllables per verse iambic meter/foot unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable spondaic foot two stressed syllables dactylic foot /uu anapestic foot uu/ trochaic foot a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable Rhyme Schemes the pattern of rhymes in a poem (ABAB, ABCA, etc.) free verse poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter blank verse unrhymed iambic pentameter epic poems a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero Epistolary Poems Poems that are written & read as letters Ballad a type of poem that is meant to be sung and is both lyric and narrative in nature; often subjects are love, death & religious topics Elegies Poems of loss that include lament, praise of the deceased & solace for loss Odes Poems that express strong emotions about life pastoral poetry poetry that depicts rustic life in idealized terms epigram memorable, one-or-two line rhymes Limericks humorous 5-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme (2 lines of iambic dimeter, 2 lines of iambic dimeter, followed by 1 of iambic trimeter) Haiku A japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables Sonnet 14 lines of iambic pentameter Petrarchan sonnet poem that has one rhyming octave (8 lines) and one rhyming sestet (6 lines) English Sonnet (Shakespearean) Rhyme scheme is less flexible (3 quatrains & a couplet or "abab cdcd efef gg" What is the most common meter in poetry? Iambic pentameter Who is the "Father of English Literature"? Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer; represents a cross-section of society in the Middle Ages as they make a religious pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Thomas a Beckett Frame-Tale A secondary story or stories embedded in the main story metaphysical poetry exploration of complex ideas through extended metaphors and paradox Metaphysical Poets John Donne, Andrew Marvell, George Herbert Romanticism Identified with & gained momentum from the French Revolution; reaction against the political & social standards of aristocracy & its overthrowing of them; freedom of expression & power of individual imagination Romantic Authors John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelly, Lord Byron, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Blake Songs of Innocence and Experience William Wordsworth () Romantic poet, used one of the most important aspects of Romanticism: love of nature. used "real language of men" Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan George Gordon, Lord Byron Don Juan, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote "Prometheus Unbound," "Ode to the West Wind," and "To A Skylark" John Keats Ode on a Grecian Urn, ode on Indolence, ode on Melancholy carpe diem poetry poetry that emphasizes the shortness of life and the need to act in or enjoy the present Example of Carpe Diem Poetry Andrew Marvell: To his Coy Mistress; Robert Herrick: To the virgins, to make much of time picaresque novel An episodic novel