Main Aspect
Poem Terminology
Literary Devices
General literature
100

"Days" is primarily a reflection on which abstract concept?

Time

100

What term is used to describe the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem?

Meter

100

Comparing two things using "like" or "as" is known as what?

Simile

100

Which famous English playwright wrote "Romeo and Juliet"?

William Shakespeare

200

Who is the author of the poem "Days"?

Billy Collins

200

A group of lines in a poem, separated by spaces, is called a what?

Stanza

200

A figure of speech where something is described as if it were something else is called?

Metaphor

200

The novel "Pride and Prejudice" was written by which author?

Jane Austen

300

In the poem, the speaker reflects on what inevitable aspect of life?

Ageing or Death

300

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words called?

Alliteration

300

Which literary device gives human traits to non-human things?

Personification

300

What genre does Mary Shelley's Frankenstein belong to?

Gothic fiction

400

What is the mood or tone of the poem "Days"?

 Reflective

400

Which term refers to the "turning point" or a shift in the theme of a poem?

Volta

400

Which literary device involves a contradiction that reveals a deeper truth?

Paradox

400

Which 20th-century poet wrote the line, "Do not go gentle into that good night"?

Dylan Thomas

500

How does the poem suggest we should approach the passage of time?

Mindfulness

500

What term is used for the direct address of an inanimate object or absent person in poetry?

Apostrophe

500

What literary device uses a part of something to refer to the whole?

Synecdoche

500

What is the term for a story that teaches a moral lesson, often using animals as characters?

Fable

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