repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of neighboring words
What is an alliteration?
100
At the curtain's call
It's the last of all
When the lights fade out
All the sinners crawl
What is "Demons"?
100
a group of lines that form a "poetic paragraph"
What is a stanza?
100
This poem has 3 lines and 17 syllables but also only 140 characters so that it can be posted on Twitter.
What is a Twaiku?
100
American poet who wrote "Paul Revere's Ride" to try to unify the nation before the Civil War
Who is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
200
words which end with the same sounds, usually at the end of lines
What is a rhyme?
200
And my homies is down so don't arouse my anger, fool
Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away,
I'm living life, do or die, what can I say
I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24
The way things are going I don't know
What is "Gansta's Paradise"?
200
The "narrator" of a poem
What is the speaker of the poem?
200
A poem that does not follow a specific rhyme scheme or meter
What is free verse?
200
English poet who wrote over 150 sonnets and many plays
Who is William Shakespeare?
300
words which imitate the sounds which they refer to
What is an onomatopoeia?
300
Here I stand
In the light of day
Let the storm rage on,
The cold never bothered me anyway!
What is "Let It Go"?
300
The poet who wrote this,
Thanks to the word
that says thanks!
Thanks to thanks,
word
that melts
iron and snow!
is from this country.
What is Chile?
300
a poem that is 14 lines written in iambic pentameter
What is a sonnet?
300
American poet who loved America
Who is Walt Whitman?
400
"Youth is wasted on the young" is an example of this poetic device.
What is a paradox?
400
When the light started out they don’t know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky
What is "Burn"?
400
"Low" and "prow" are examples of this type of rhyme.
What is eye rhyme?
400
a poem put to music
What is a song?
400
Billy Collins wrote this poem about poetry and how he wanted his students to read a poem.
What is "Introduction to Poetry"?
500
"You just gotta ignite the light" is an example of these two poetic devices.
What are an internal rhyme and assonance?
500
O Beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
What is "America, the Beautiful"?
500
These types of poems are either Italian (Petrarchan) or English (Shakespearean).
What are sonnets?
500
poem with no more than 140 characters, originated on Twitter
What is a Poetweet?
500
Famous black-American poet who grew up before the Civil Rights movement and who wrote a poem in response to Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing"