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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ”. BY T.S. Eliot. Dramatic Monologue. A poem in which a character speaks directly to one or more listeners The speaker usually reveals inner longings and fears. Simile.
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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” BY T.S. Eliot
Dramatic Monologue • A poem in which a character speaks directly to one or more listeners • The speaker usually reveals inner longings and fears
Simile • A figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles
Metaphor • A figure of speech that makes a comparison between unlike things without the use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or resembles
Extended Metaphor • An extended metaphor is a metaphor that is extended or developed over a number of lines or with several examples
Setting • The time and location of a story
Imagery • The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience
Repetition • A unifying property of repeated words, sounds, syllables and other elements that appear in a work • It is used to create rhythm, to reinforce a message, and to enhance a mood or emotional effect
Theme • The insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work
Allusion • Reference to someone or something in history, literature, politics, etc