Poetic Devices
What poetic device is being used below?
To the swinging and the ringing
of the bells, bells, bells-
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells
Bells, bells, bells-
To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!’
Repetition
"Bright and bubbly like a mountain stream."
Simile
Emily Dickinson compare being a somebody to this
What is a frog?
Poems focusing on nature. Made up of three lines.
Haiku
What is the capital of Spain?
Madrid
What type of poetic device is being used below?
"For the sea and the sky, and sky and the sea."
Alliteration-S
"A bright lantern that welcomed me home."
Personification
Poem that takes the shape of its topic.
Concrete
Who painted Starry Night?
Van Gogh
a repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words
alliteration
Her voice was music to his ears
Metaphor
The plutonian shore
Poem that tells a story.
Narrative
Cincinnati is located on the shores of what river?
Ohio River
vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted
imagery
"One thousand stampeding bison thundering across the plains
Hyperbole
What was Sam doing in the Yukon Territory in "The Cremation of Sam McGee"?
Looking for gold
A broad designation for poetry intended for performance
Spoken
Hg is the symbol for what element?
Mercury
comparison between two, unlike things that continue throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem
Extended Metaphor
"Why are you always such a Scrooge? It doesn't cost much, and it'll be fun!"
Allusion
What does Emily Dickinson compare the fans of a celebrity/famous person to in "I'm nobody"?
An admiring bog
Poem often as a tribute to someone who has passed.
Ode/ballad
What German city is famous for the scent it produces?
Cologne