Voice, Persona, and Poetic Vision (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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Voice in poetry (definition)
Voice in poetry (definition)
Distinctive tone, style, manner poet speaks through work
Litotes technique
Litotes technique
Understatement through negation
Oxymoron in Yeats (example)
Oxymoron in Yeats (example)
'Terrible beauty' - combining contradictory terms
Persona in poetry
Persona in poetry
Adopted identity/character through which poet speaks
Yeats's mask theory (1914)
Yeats's mask theory (1914)
Poets create anti-selves opposing their inner nature
Poetic vision (definition)
Poetic vision (definition)
Overarching worldview/philosophy shaping poet's work
Gyres in A Vision
Gyres in A Vision
Interpenetrating cones representing historical cycles
Gyre theory timescale
Gyre theory timescale
History moves in 2,000-year cycles
Anaphoric catalogues
Anaphoric catalogues
Repeated phrases at beginning of lines
Caesurae in poetry
Caesurae in poetry
Deliberate pauses within lines