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Literary Terms
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- 1VengeanceDesire for revenge
- 2VernacularLanguage of the people
- 3Alliterative verseVerse form in which metrical structure is based on patterned repetition of initial sounds (alliteration) within the lines
- 4KenningA condensed metaphor used instead of a simple noun in Old English literature
- 5Heroic poemNarrative poetry, concerned with epic battles and legendary or mythic figures, also many references to the warrior culture
- 6Battle poemA poem about a specific battle
- 7Elegiac poemA poem that expresses sadness by focusing on deaths and other sombre themes
- 8ElegyA poem mourning an individual or a lament over a specific event
- 9Religious poemA poem with Christian themes
- 10Old English RiddlesA (difficult) riddle with many poetical descriptions
- 11Dream visionA poem about a dream, often as a narrative frame
- 12AnthropomorphismAn object or animal behaves like a human
- 13Personification / prosopoporiaA presentation of a non-human entity with figuratively human characteristics
- 14PaganPolytheistic religion
- 15AllegoryA form of an extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself
- 16Old Engish versificationAccentual, consisting of equal numbers of accented syllables per line with a varying number of unaccented syllables, in Old English there are two hemistichs/half-lines separated by a caesura and bound by alliteration
- 17Chivalric code; knight's dutyMilitary service to the king and God (Chivalric code, courage and honour, service) and courtly love
- 18Courtly loveA philosophy of love and a code of lovemaking that flourished in chivalric times
- 19Magna CartaA document binding the king to certain laws regarding the treatment of church officials and nobles, granting certain civil liberties
- 20Exemplary charactersCharacters that set an example for society, typically promoting honesty and hard work
- 21Arthurian RomanceStories about king Arthur and the round table (his knights)
- 22Epic storyA story with many references to the heroic age, and code
- 23(Medieval) romanceA story with many references to the chivalric age, code, and the courtly hero
- 24(Chaucer; canterbury tales) polyphonic effectThe narrative frame is used to a great effect
- 25StanzaA group of lines forming a unit (in poetry)
- 26CoupletA stanza existing out of two lines
- 27Eponymous heroA book / work where the protagonist has the same name as the title
- 28Bob and wheelA bob is a very short line of 2 or 3 syllables, a wheel exists out of 4 slightly longer lines
- 29Boasting poemPoems that tell the story of a hero's adventures and accomplishments
- 30ExemplumA didactic tale that highlights morals or illustrates doctrines
- 31FableA tale in which characters are usually animals to point to a moral
- 32FabliauxA satirical, humerous tale, often rather vulgar
- 33Mystery playsReligious drama, based on the Bible
- 34Saints' livesA work describing the life of a saint
- 35SatireA way of criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way, to make a point
- 36IronyA way to convey a meaning by saying the opposite
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