Voice, Persona, and Perspective (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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Voice in Eliot's poetry
Voice in Eliot's poetry
Distinctive way poem 'speaks': tone, rhythm, word choice, sound
Persona in Eliot's poetry
Persona in Eliot's poetry
Character or 'mask' through which the poem speaks
Perspective in Eliot's poetry
Perspective in Eliot's poetry
Viewpoint from which poem is presented; reader's distance
Objective correlative
Objective correlative
Objects/events serving as formula for particular emotion
Voice type in Prufrock
Voice type in Prufrock
Hesitant, anxious soliloquy with rhetorical questions
Voice type in The Hollow Men
Voice type in The Hollow Men
Collective ritual chant; paratactic litany; sibilant whispers
Persona shift: Prufrock to Preludes
Persona shift: Prufrock to Preludes
From individualized 'I' to anonymous urban 'you'; collective
Cinematic montage in Eliot
Cinematic montage in Eliot
Rapid cuts between scenes like film editing; perspectival shifts
Deictic dislocation
Deictic dislocation
Confusing spatial/temporal markers (here, there, now, then)
Voice evolution across 5 poems
Voice evolution across 5 poems
Individual hesitation → collective emptiness → weary wisdom