english terminology

• soliloquy 


  a piece of speech directed to the audience which reveals their thoughts and feelings
• dramatic irony


  when the audience knows something a character in a play doesnt
• metaphysical poetry


  uses complex metaphors and conceits and talks about ideas at a higher level than human understanding
• conceit


  a comparison between two very different concepts or objects (complex metaphor)
• aubade


  a love poem or song about lovers separating at dawn
• dichotomy 


  a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different
• epic poetry


  long narrative like poem thats usually about religion or heroic deeds
• morality


  the extent to which an action is right or wrong
• carpe diem


  seize the day meaning live every day to the full and not to waste time by putting things off
• ghazal


  a poem with a fixed number of verses and repeated rhyme dealing with loss and romantic love
• sublime


  use of language to provoke the idea of a greatness beyond all possibility and ordinary experience
• dramatic monologue 


  a type of poetry that addresses the audience while being dramatic and having theatrical qualities