Word Power - troubadour

troubadour

• ode to a king

• poet-musician

• French verse form

• poem

allusion

• brief reference

• dramworld

• main theme

• lonely person

refrain

• introduction

• repeated phrase

• conclusion

• quiz

idyllic

• exaggerated

• perfect

• picturesque

• ideal

metaphor

• bragging chant

• word order

• science topic

• direct comparison

muse

• final stanza

• anonymous author

• source of inspiration

• moose family

caesura

• start over

• lullaby

• near rhyme

• pause

personify

• narrate

• compliment

• create

• present as human

madrigal

• short medieval poem

• bird

• donut

• flower

canon

• weapon of war

• literary prize

• inkwell

• body of work