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Literature terms
1Epic
:
a long narrative poem telling about the deeds
of
a
great
hero
and
reflecting
the
values
of
the
society
from
which
it
originated.
Many
epics
were
drawn
from
an
oral
tradition
and
were
transmitted by song and recitation before they were written down.
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2Romance
:
It was a long composition, sometimes in verse, sometimes in
prose, describing the life and adventures of a noble hero.
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3Heroic
Couplet
:
the rhymed couplet of
iambic
pentameter. (
鑻遍泟鍙岄煹
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)
4Iambic Pentameter
: is the most common English
meter, in which each foot contains an unaccented
syllable and an accented syllable. (
浜旈煶姝ユ姂鎵牸
)
meter
鏍煎緥
foot
闊虫
5ballad:
is a story told in song, usually in 4-line stanzas, with the second
and fourth lines rhymed.
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6Sonnet
:
It
is
a
lyric
poem
of
14
lines,
usually
in
iambic
pentameter,
restricted to a definite rhyme scheme.
锛堝崄鍥涜璇楋級
7Blank verse
: is a type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter,
but no rhyme.
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8Soliloquy
: an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself/
herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used
as a device in a drama to disclose a character
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s innermost thoughts); 2. the
act of talking while or as if alone(
鐙櫧
)
9Classicism
:
Aesthetic
attitudes
and
principles
manifested
in
the
art,
architecture, and literature of ancient Greece and Rome and characterized
by emphasis on form, simplicity, proportion, and restraint. Classicism was
popular in Europe in the 18th century.
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10Neo-classicism
:
neo-classicism
imitated
the
characteristics
of
Roman
writers,
including
Horace,
Virgil,
Cicero,
etc.,
in
the
days
of
Augustus.
They
tried
to
make
English
literature
conform
to
rules
and
principles
established
by
the
great
Roman
and
Greek
classical
writers.
In
writing
plays,
they
used
rhyme
and
couplet
instead
of
blank
verse,
observed
the