How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
What is an example of alliteration?
100
A poem that has no preticular pattern and may or may not have rhyming
What is The definition of a Free Verse poem
100
Boom, thud, bam, kapow, ow, splurt, pop, etc.
What are some examples of onomatopoeia?
100
see, me, free, flee, spree, key, tree, etc.
What are some words that rhyme?
100
Wondering if there are whales in Wales
A beautiyful country
Lovely people in Wales
Every child plays nicely
So we look forward to meeting you all
What is an example of an acrostic poem?
200
e.e. cummings
What is the name of the poet who didn't like capital letters, so he wrote his name with lowercase letters?
200
William Shakespeare
Who is the poet who wrote "Full Fathom Five"?
200
Ideas are water to quench your brain.
What is an example of a metaphor?
200
It gives human quality to non-living objects
What does personification do?
200
When a poet reveals his/her personality through words.
What is the definition of voice
300
A phrse or statement written in memory of a person who has died i.e. an inscription on a toumbstone.
What is the definition of an Epitaph
300
It is raining cats and dogs.
I don't see hide nor hair of them.
What is an example of an idiom?
300
A concise or figurative phrase replacing a common noun
What is the definition of a kenning?
300
A poem with fourteen lines, and divided into two parts.
What is the definition of a sonnet?
300
The Car Costs a penny
The baby never cried
What is an example of an understatement
400
Casey Jones
Who is the main character in a ballad that dies in a train crash?
400
A silent whisper
Cold and chilly this winter
Sitting by the fire
What is an example of a haiku?
400
An amusing verse of five lines, and the names comes from Limerick, Ireland.
What is the definition of a limerick?
400
A four-line poem that may follow one or four diffrent rhyme.
AABB,ABAB,or ABCB
What is the definition of a quatrain
400
zzzzzz
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zzzzzz
What is an example of a zig zag poem?
500
-William Shakespere
Round the caldron go;
In the poison'd entrails throw.-
Toad, that under the cold stone
Days and nights have thirty-one
Swelter'd venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i' the charmed pot!
What is Dramatic Poetry
500
Robert Frost
What is the name of the poet who is known for his ironic tone and ties to England?
500
A systematic rythem in poetry that is usually repeated. It is the pattern is a line verse in poems.
What is the definition of a Meter
500
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
etc.
What are a few of the lines from the poem "The Road Not Taken"?
500
An Irish poet and playwright, and was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for literature.