ENGL 445 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Caesura, Germanic Languages, Hermeneutics
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For the poem one art by elizabeth bishop, there are three (cid:862)ter(cid:272)ets(cid:863), (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h are groups of three li(cid:374)es. The form of this poem is a villanelle. Scanning/scantion is annotating a poem, looking for stressed and unstressed syllables, analyzing what those mean for the meaning of the poem. A (cid:862)(cid:272)aesura(cid:863) is a s(cid:373)all (cid:271)reak i(cid:374) the li(cid:374)e for a pause. (cid:862)caesura(cid:863) is pro(cid:374)ou(cid:374)(cid:272)ed (cid:862)sez-shur-uh(cid:863). Hermeneutics is a field that deals with interpretation, particularly of the bible or other literature. Humanism- attributing things to humans or humanity as opposed to the universe, luck, supernatural events, etc. Mise-en-page is ho(cid:449) a poe(cid:373) looks o(cid:374) the page, or ho(cid:449) it"s presented. Rules of grammar are actually conventions (meaning that they are fluid and changing, and not always required to understand a language). Using conventions with speech and writing is important because it helps shape individual languages. English is originally a germanic language, with some french influence later on (after invasions).
