Poems
In this poem, Langston Hughes speaks of the experience of being black in America
I look at the world
Deliberate exaggeration for effect
Hyperbole
This poet lived in New York City in 1922
Langston Hughes
When a poem has no stead rhythm or rhyme scheme it is known as
Free Verse
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What poem compares water to precious metal?
Blessing
When a sentence runs over multiple lines of a poem
Enjambment
This poet was born in Australia in 1908
A. D Hope
When a poem has no clear meaning or definite answer we call this
Ambiguity
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In this poem, the use of juxtaposition shows the extremes of the environment the poet speaks about
My Country
The same sound or letter repeated in a sequence
This poet is Pakistani/British
Imtiaz Dharker
BOOM! BUZZ! ZAP!
Onomatopoeia
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A chocolate for the person who guesses what colour socks I'm wearing
" A nation of trees, drab green and desolate grey" is a line from what poem?
Australia
Giving objects human characteristics
Personification
This poet was born a British citizen before becoming Australian in 1901
Dorothea MacKellar
AABBAABB
rhyme scheme
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Nothing - life is unfair
"Then let us hurry, comrades" is a line from what poem?
I look at the world
We use the five senses to create this
Imagery
This poet's phrase "I love a sunburnt country" is still used as a slogan today
Dorothea MacKellar
caesura
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