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1.
epic
史诗
a long
narrative poem, grand in style, about heroes and
heroic deeds, embodying
heroic
ideals
of
a
nation
or
race
in
the
making.
Beowulf
is
the
English
national
epic that was
passed from mouth to mouth and written down by
many unknown
hands.
2.
caesura
停顿
a break or
pause in a line of poetry, dictated by the natural
rhythm of the language
and sometimes
enforced by punctuation.
In Old English
verse, such as
Beowulf,
the caesura was used rather
monotonously to indicate the half line.
3.
alliteration
头韵
the repetition
of the same sound or sounds at the beginning of
two or more words
that
are
close
to
each
other.
It
is
a
feature
of
Beowulf
and
other
Old
English
poems.
4.
alliterative verse
头韵诗
poetry
written in alliteration. Nearly all Old English
verse, including
Beowulf
, is
heavily
alliterative,
and
the
pattern
is
fairly
standard
–
with
either
two
or
three
stressed
syllables in each line alliterating.
5.
kenning
隐喻语
a
metaphor
usually
composed
of
two
words
and
used
for
description
and
association. Beowulf is
full o
f kennings, such as “helmet
bearer” for “warrior” and
“swan road”
for “sea”.
6.
protagonist
主角
the principal character of a drama or
fiction. Hamlet is the protagonist of William
Shakespeare’s drama
Hamlet
.
7.
antagonist
反角
In
drama
or
fiction
the
antagonist
opposes
the
hero
or
protagonist.
In
Hamlet
Claudius is antagonist to Hamlet.
8.
romance
传奇
a
type
of
literature
that
was
popular
in
the
Middle
Ages,
usually
containing
adventures and reflecting the spirit of
chivalry.
Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight
was a great verse
romance, but its author remains unknown.
9.
bob and
wheel
诗节末尾的短行与叠唱
a
rhyming
section
of
five
lines
that
concludes
a
stanza
in
Sir
Gawain
and
the
Green
Knight
.
The
“bob”
is
a
very
short
line,
sometimes
of
only
two
syllables,
followed by the
“wheel”, lon
ger lines with three
stresses and internal thyme.
10.
poet’s corner
诗人角
a part of
Westminster Abbey, London, which contains the
tombs or monuments of
some famous
English poets, such as Geoffrey Chaucer and John
Milton.
11.
heroic couplet
英雄双韵体
two
successive lines
of rhymed poetry in
iambic pentameter. Geoffrey Chaucer’s
masterpiece
The Canterbury
Tale
was written in heroic couplet.
12.
ballad meter
民谣体
traditionally
a
four-line
stanza
containing
alternating
four-stress
and
three-stress
lines, usually with a refrain
an
d the rhyme scheme of abcb. Robert
Burns’ “A Red,
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