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Poetry CMG - GrubbyC

Poetry terms

QuestionAnswer
dun brownish gray
haply perhaps by chance
ballad narrative song
Edinborough Capital of Scotland
blithe glad, cheerful, carefree
liege a "Lord"
score 20 in poetry
medieval a time period 500-1500
shepherd's staff a staff that a Shepard uses
firmament water sky/heavens
cypress tree
vault holding place
Ganges River in INDIA
psalm a song in the bible
mammy black nurse maid
barren unproductive
deferred to commit or entrust
amen "let it be"
sow to plot a seed for,to sow a crop
civility courtesy pointless
lark bird
madrigal no instrumentation voice song
amber brownish red stone semi precious
gall something bitter or severe
folly the state of being foolish
reap to steal or to take
dramatic monologue one side of a conversation (telephone)
unreliable narrator not reliable to give all details and thoughts
sonnet 14 lines, ends in couplets
quatrain Four line stanza, own paragraph.
couplet two lines that rhyme
themes Truth about life
Pastoral Poem, about country life nature
tone attitude of the narrator
imagery pictures in the mind
conceit "unusual" metaphor
metaphor comparison without like or as
symbol stands for item
colloquial language informal language
ballad narrative story song
personification giving a non-human human traits
Created by: GrubbyC
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