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A type of Romantic literature that focuses on the dark and eerie, a kind of horror story. Frankenstein is one.
In “Prufrock” the women “come and go.”  Who are they talking about?
In Metaphysical poetry, this kind of unexpected metaphor is called a ________
She was accused, convicted and executed for killing Victor Frankenstein’s brother William.
In Spanish, a plural form of the
Victor’s wife
This poetic foot has 2 syllables, one stressed, one unstressed
Latin prefix for 5…
The universal truth or message of a literary work
This former Poet Laureate wrote “Still, I Rise”
She wrote Frankenstein at the age of 19.
A person, place or thing
What color are Jealousy’s eyes?
This poetic form is a tribute to someone who has died and consists of 3 stanzas, one of lament, one of praise, and one of acceptance.
She told Troy that he was now “a womanless man.”
One of the two ways that Robert Frost says the world might end.
Not an allusion, but a type of optical trick.
In this trope, it is always the _______ oracle who can see the real truth.
A repeated pattern (symbol, allusion, metaphor) in a literary work
Temptresses known to sing sailors to their deaths, but they won’t sing to Prufrock
A Long thin candle “We are _______ too and at our own cost die” according to Donne
The Shakespearean form has 3 quatrains and an heroic couplet
Prufrock’s “overwhelming question” - “Do I ___________?”
“Therefore I lie with her and she with me and in our lies we flattered be.” is an example of this kind of word place of which Shakespeare was a master.
A story inside a story - like Frankenstein - is called a _________ narrative.
What did they steal from Sethe?
Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain” is a tribute to ________
This poetic form is a love song to the morning
Toni Morrison, TS Eliot & Yeats all won this prestigious award for literature.
Robert Frost wrote a poem about this tree, exploring the loss of childhood innocence and accepting adult responsibilities
. The biological mother of Troy’s youngest child.
There are 3 forms of this literary device: verbal, dramatic & situational
“Love is a battlefield” is an example of this literary device
The number of lines in a Shakespearean sonnet
“I have seen the Eternal Footman hold my ________ and snicker. And in short, I was afraid.”
The other way Frost suggests the world might end.
In “The Garden” this word is used to explore the relationship between violence and sex...a kiss or a hit….
Speaker of “I am not what I am.”
Poet of “To Prisoners”
Troy’s best friend
Author of Beloved
Frost’s line “From what I’ve tasted of _________ I hold with those who favor X.
Where Adam & Eve ate the apple.
Her name means “ill-fated” and she certainly was
Two poetic lines
A brief quote introducing a literary work
The Belle of Amherst who wrote “Because I could not stop for Death….”
“My love is like a red red rose” is an example of this kind of comparison.
His Holy Sonnets include “Death Be Not Proud”
This device is a pattern that is repeated across literary works, like an archetype
There are seven deadly ones - including jealousy
He boasted that “Death ain’t nothing but a fastball on the outside corner.”
A poetic line of iambs with 8 syllables would be ______meter
I:sky  street/retreat   hotel/shell  argument/intent  it/visit are examples from the first stanza of “Prufrock”

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