Epic史诗A long narrative poem telling about the deeds of a great hero and reflecting the values of the society from which it originated. Alliteration头韵It is also known as “head rhyme” or “initial rhyme”, is the repetition of the same sounds---usually initial consonants of words or stressed syllables---in any sequence of neighboring words. Ballads民谣It is a folk song or orally transmitted poem telling in direct and dramatic manner some popular stories usually derived from a tragic incident in local history or legend.(There are various kinds of ballads: historical, legendary, fantastical, lyrical and humorous ballads.) Heroic couplet英雄双韵体It refers to lines of iambic pentameter which rhyme in pairs: aa, bb, cc, and so on. Humanism人道主义A literary and philosophical view emphasizing humankind as its center concerns. Humanism originated in the Renaissance, the term has been used I many ways, but always suggests humanity as the central concern, with the natural world (science) and the spiritual world (religion) valued for their relation to people. Romanticism 浪漫主义It is a term applied to literary and artistic movements of the late 18th and early 19th century. It can be seen as a rejection of the precepts of order, calm, harmony, balance, idealization, and rationality that typified classicism in general and late 18th-century neoclassicism in particular. Inspired in part by the ideals of the French Revolution, the romanticist believed in a return to nature and in the innate goodness of humans. In general, there are four aspects in English Romanticism: faith in the imagination; faith in the individual originality; interest in the past; interest in nature. Critical Realism批判现实主义The critical realism of the 19th century flourished in the forties and in the beginning of the fifties. The realists first and foremost set themselves the task of criticizing capitalist society from a democratic viewpoint and delineated the crying contradictions of bourgeois reality. Modernism 现代主义In English literature prevailed during the 20s and 30s of the 20th century. It was a movement of experiments in new technique in writing. Modernism takes the irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho-analysis as its theoretical base. The modernist writers concentrate more on the private and subjective, mainly concerned with the inner being of an individual. Therefore they pay more attention to the psychic time than the chronological one. The major themes of the modernist literature are the distorted, alienated and ill relationships between man and nature, man and society, man and man, and man and himself. Satire讽刺A kind of writing that holds up to ridicule or contempt the weaknesses and wrongdoings of individuals, groups, institutions, or humanity in general. The aim of satirists is to set a moral standard for society, and they attempt to persuade the reader to see their point of view through the force of laughter. Blank Verse无韵诗It is unrhymed poetry, typically in iambic pentameter and the dominant verse form of English dramatic and narrative poetry since the mid-16th century. Allegory寓言It is a fictional literary narrative or artistic expression that conveys a symbolic meaning parallel to but distinct from, and more important than the literal meaning. Allegory has also been defined as an extended metaphor. The symbolic meaning is usually expressed through personifications and other symbols. Stream of Consciousness意识流It is a psychological term indicating the flux of conscious and subconscious thoughts and impressions moving in the mind at any given time independently of the person’s will. Ode颂 Is a dignified and elaborately structured lyric poem of some length, praising and glorifying an individual, commemorating an event or describing nature intellectually rather than emotionally. 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/b7aca2a99a8fcc22bcd126fff705cc1755275f80.html