Figurative Language
Poetic Form
Poetic Vocabulary
Poets
Name the Rhyme Scheme
100
Her voice is like tiny bells.
What is a simile?
100
where's the moon?/ as the temple bell is --/ sunk in the sea
What is a haiku?
100
The unit used to describe grouped lines of poetry.
What is a stanza?
100
This African American poet wrote such poems as "Aunt Sue's Stories" and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
Who is Langston Hughes?
100
"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead./ (I think I made you up inside my head.)"
What is AA?
200
I've been on an emotional roller coaster all day long.
What is a metaphor?
200
As it becomes stormlike/ in daytime, in the river bed/ on the rocks there are/ restless and confused/ crows that are crying out.
What is a tanka?
200
When I hear "fire drill," I think of long lines and big crowds-- blah!
What is connotation?
200
This poet popularized the sonnet in English.
Who is Shakespeare?
200
Do not go gentle into that good night,/ Old age should burn and rave at close of day;/ Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
What is ABA?
300
He has laughing eyes.
What is personification?
300
This 5 lined rhyming poem is British in origin and is usually humorous.
What is a limerick?
300
Four line stanzas
What is a quatrain?
300
This poet is credited with starting the sonnet as a poetic form.
Who is Petrarch?
300
"I know I am/ The Negro Problem/ Being wined and dined,/ Answering the usual questions/ That come to white mind"
What is ABCDC?
400
Many girls hope for a Romeo on Valentine's Day.
What is an allusion?
400
This 6 stanza poetic form originated in France.
What is a villanelle?
400
Three line stanza
What is a tercet?
400
This poet wrote "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night."
Who is Dylan Thomas?
400
This poetic form always follows this rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
What is a sonnet?
500
The twigs snapped under our feet.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
This 14 line poetic form originated in Italy.
What is a sonnet?
500
This word describes the line breaks that distinguish poetry from prose.
What is enjambment?
500
This poet wrote "Mad Girl's Love Song."
Who is Sylvia Plath?
500
This humorous poetic form follows this rhyme scheme: AABBA
What is a limerick?
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