Vocab Verbs
Poets & Poetry
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Poetic Terms
100

This word means to rest or recline

to repose

100

In “Rime,” what was the Mariner’s punishment for killing the albatross

  1. Payment to the owner of the bird

  2. Wearing the bird about his neck

  3. Execution

  4. Writing a long poem about his experience

Wearing the bird about his neck

100

Who returned to the banquet as a ghost?

Banquo

100

Where was Victor for two years without visiting his family?

at university in Ingolstadt - creating his creature

100

The same sound occurs at the beginning of words near each other

alliteration

200

This word means to criticize

to rebuke

or to upbraid or to chastise

200

Which of the following pairs published “Lyrical Ballads”?

  1. Lord Byron and Percy Shelley

  2. William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge

  3. Charles Lamb and John Keats

  4. Robert Burns and William Blake

William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge

200

Who was Victor's younger brother?

William

200

Before murdering the king, what did Macbeth imagined he saw?

a dagger before him

200

Uses "like" or "as" to compare one thing to something else

simile

300

This word means to slow down or stop progress

to impede

300

The speaker wonders if the tyger and the lamb have the same what?

  1. Habitat

  2. Appetite

  3. Creator

  4. Attitude

Creator

300

Who killed Macbeth?

Macduff, Thane of Fife

300

What is a motif repeated for Victor everyone someone was killed?

He fell ill - became feverish and sick

300

The same sound repeats at the end of lines

rhyme

400
This word means to make better or improve

to ameliorate

400

Why does the speaker think that the mouse is luckier than he is?

  1.  The speaker has problems of past, present and future while the mouse only worries about the present

  2. The mouse has a simple diet

  3. The mouse doesn’t have to listen to Jenny prattling on about her precocious bonnet

  4. The mouse has a shorter lifespan than man

The speaker has problems of past, present and future while the mouse only worries about the present

400

Who did the creature help out by chopping wood during the night?

Felix DeLacey
400

Name the three speaking apparitions or visions produced by the witches to give the second set of prophecies to Macbeth?

The bloody child, the floating head in a helmet, the child with a crown holding a tree

400

an image or word repeated throughout a story, speech or poem

motif

500

This word means to detest or fiercely hate

to abhor

500

In “Ode to the West Wind” how is the wind both destroying and preserving?

  1. It rips things apart yet carries them off to another land

  2. It brings winter destroying living plants yet preserves seeds for spring

  3. It flows both West and East

  4. It bring snow yet also brings rain

It brings winter destroying living plants yet preserves seeds for spring

500

Who brought Victor home from Ireland?

his father Alphonse

500

Explain the following quote - its story and why it's important: “Believe me, Frankenstein, I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity; but am I not alone, miserably alone?"

The creature wanted someone to love and to love him - Humans need one another

500

a reference to something widely known in a culture - usually a book, movie or song

allusion

600

This word means to associate with

to consort

600

In “To a Skylark” how does the poet’s song differ from the song of the bird?

  1. Poets write for an audience and posterity while the bird sings for pleasure and instinct

  2. Poets are important while birds are insignificant

  3. Poetry in halting and forced while the birdsong is more melodious

  4. It is in a different key signature

Poets write for an audience and posterity while the bird sings for pleasure and instinct

600

Who was an English Nobleman and general?

Siward, Earl of Northumberland

600

Explain the following quote - its story and why it's important: "To beguile the time, look like the time.  Bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue; look like the innocent flower but be the serpent underneath."

Fool everyone: Pretend to be nice and welcoming, don't let anyone know you are plotting to kill someone, wait for the time to be right for the murder

600

an expression using words that say one thing but actually mean a different thing, often something opposite

irony

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