Lit Terms 4

the boastful, vain, cowardly soldier is a stock-figure in comedy

any writing having to do with shepards; singing and wooing are chief pastoral activities

an unintentional juxtaposition of incongruous words or ideas

any imitation of people or literature that by distortion, aims to amuse

a picture, description, etc. exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things

an unpleasant combination of sounds as opposed to euphony (a pleasant combination of sounds)

a slight pause in a line of poetry

anything applied to the period of Charles I of England (1625-1642)

Latin; seize the day

from the shape of the Greek letter X (chi). The second of two syntactically parrallel phrases reverses the order of the first

soothing or healing salve

very liberal in giving or bestowing generosity

easily provoked; easily angered

rejected as worthless; morally abandoned

known or knowable to only one having the key

showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness

fanciful name or epithet

to die down

rapid changes of mood

event place

having no luck; unfortunate

untrustworthy, tricky individual