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Glossary of Poetic Terms
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| Jabberwocky |
Famous
nonsense poem
written by Lewis Carroll which first appeared in Alice Through the
Looking Glass (1872).
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| Jacobean Poets |
Group of poets including Shakespeare, John
Donne, Ben Jonson and Michael Drayton who were writing during the reign
of James I (1603-1625).
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| Japanese
Forms |
There are a number of Japanese poetic forms which rely
upon syllable counting rather than rhyme or meter. In general, these
forms are short and attempt to create something which is greater than
the sum of the parts. See haiku
(hokku),
naga-uta (choka),
renga,
senryu and
tanka (Waka or uta).
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Jazz
Poetry |
Type of chanted poetry pioneered by the American poet (Nicholas) Vachel
Lindsay. The form was further developed by Langston Hughes who became one of the first poets to recite his poetry to music. It also informed
the work of US Beat Poets such as Kenneth Rexroth and UK poets such as Christopher
Logue, Roy Fisher and Michael Horovitz.
See also performance poetry and
underground
poets.
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Jingle |
Short, simple piece of rhyming verse e.g. nursery rhymes or adverts such
as: 'Mr Kipling makes exceedingly good cakes'.
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Jintishi |
Chinese poetic term which literally means 'modern-form poetry'. It
refers to a regulated style of poetry which developed from the 5th
century onwards and employed four tones: the level tone and three
deflected tones (rising, falling and entering). Tu Fu was the most
accomplished exponent of jintishu. Compare to
gushi.
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Johnsonian |
In the manner of Samuel Johnson. This is
normally a reference to his grandiloquent prose style rather than to his
poetic output.
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Jongleur |
Wandering minstrel hired by the French
troubadour and
trouvères
poets to perform their compositions.
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Juvenalia |
A poet's early or immature work.
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| Juvenalian |
In the satirical style of the Roman poet
Juvenal.
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| Keatsian |
In the manner/style of
John Keats. See also
negative
capability and
mansion
of many apartments.
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Kenning |
A periphrastic compound whereby two or more nouns are
used to replace another noun e.g. 'oar-steed' for ship or 'whale-road'
for sea. Kenning was commonly used in Old English or Old Norse verse and
is often metonymic in character.
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Kinetic Poetry |
Poetry which gains momentum from the careful layout of
the letters/words/lines on the page. See
concrete poetry.
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Kit-Cat
Club |
18th century literary club whose members included:
Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, William
Congreve, Sir John Vanbrugh and Sir Samuel Garth. They met at the house
of a pastry cook called Christopher Kat (or Cat) in Shire Lane, London.
Many of the members had their portraits painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller.
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Kitsch |
Pretentious, low-quality work which is 'thrown
together'.
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Kyrielle |
Medieval French form written in rhyming couplets
(though often arranged in quatrains) and featuring repeated lines or
refrains. An example of a kyrielle is A Lenten Hymn by Thomas
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