Poetry Techniques
Billy Collins
Music
Type of Poetry
100

A direct comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

Simile

100
The poem "Boyhood" explores the speakers reflection on his childhood. That motif does he explore this through?
A train
100

What song written by Taylor Swift explores the lack of equality between men and women?

The man

100

An old silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond,
Splash! Silence again.

Is an example of what type of poetry?

Haiku

200

Words that imitate the actual sound they describe, such as buzz, hiss, or crash.

Onomatopoeia

200

What kind of morning is it when the history of weather is thought of being written?

Spring morning

200

Eminem wrote a song called "Lose Yourself". What is this song about?

The song is about opportunities and never giving up. 

200

What poetry type follows a syllable pattern?

Haiku

300

The repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are in close proximity to each other

Alliteration

300

"The Genius" is doing what? wearing what? While thinking of what in the first stanza? 

The Genius is standing in a bathroom stirring a pot of soup while thinking of calculus

300

Whats the name of the song written by Micheal Jackson which is centered on racial equality, diversity, and global harmony.

Black or White 

300

Acrostic poem follows what sequence? 

A poem using the first letters of a word vertically 
400

In the poem "Her" written by Billy Collins, what technquie is used in the final stanza? 

Rhetorical Question

400

What's does "Genius" poem talk about compared to "The Genius" poem?

Genius speaks on the humorous silly side of being called a genius

The Genius speaks on when a great idea can be sparked

400

A line from Katy Perry's song "Firework", 'Cause baby you're a firework' includes what poetic device? 

Metaphor

400

What's the makes Slam poetry special?

The high-energy, live performance of poetry

500

There are 3 types of imagery what are they?

Visual Imagery, Auditory Imagery. I will also accept sight, hearing and touch

500

The poem "Elk River Falls" is about what? Give me the literal and figuritive meanings?

1. Waterfall 

2. Life's journey, breaking apart, recovering, continuing on

500
What famous Charli XCX song includes Onomatopoeia?



'Boom Clap'

500

There once was a man from Nantucket,
Who kept all his cash in a bucket;
But his daughter named Nan,
Ran away with a man—
And as far as the bucket, Nantucket. 

Is this an example of a Sonnet, ode or a limerick?

Limerick, A limerick is a five-line, humorous, and rhythmically bouncy poem with a strict AABBA rhyme scheme.

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