English 3500, Nineteenth Century Literature
Vocabulary 1
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Give a short definition that shows you understand the following terms:

1. allegory

2. chiasmus

3. Morality Play

4. Mystery Play

5. enjambment

6. framing narrative

7. decorum

8. periphrasis

9. Georgic

10. locodescriptive verse

11. vernacular

12. Horatian ode

13. couplet

14. blank verse

15. irregular ode

16. iambic pentameter

17. utopia

18. mimesis

19. negative capability

20. Neoplatonism

21. pastoral elegy

22. pathetic fallacy

23. Pindaric ode

24. poetic diction

25. metaphysical conceit

26. sprezzatura

27. epigram

28. wit

29. didactic

30. eulogy

31. carpe diem

32. ubi sunt