Poetry Terms
Euphony
This poet's poetry is characterized by subjects such as death and experiences in nature.
In this poem, Dickinson suggests telling the truth directly might blind because it is too bright, so it must gradually dazzle us.
What is "Tell all the truth but tell it slant"?
In this poem by Robert Frost, the speaker believes the wall has been kept up for generations by his ancestors, and it is important to keep repairing it.
What is "Mending Wall"?
Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" is an example of this kind of poetry.
What is nonsense poetry?
"The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life" (Proverbs 13:14) is an example of this poetry term.
What is metaphor?
This poet has a deep appreciation of nature, writes about ordinary experiences, and employs fixed form such as sonnets.
Who is Robert Frost?
In this poem, the one who has struggled for success, even sacrificed for it, is the one who finds success the sweetest.
What is "Success is counted sweetest"?
In this poem by Robert Frost, a chainsaw cuts off a boy's hand.
What is "Out, Out"?
This sonnet by William Shakespeare expresses that love endures, similar to 1 Corinthians 13.
What is "Let me not to the marriage of true minds"?
The following is an example of this poetry term: "He that finds his life shall lose it; he that loses his life for my sake shall find it."
What is paradox?
This poetry term reflects the human heartbeat (a small beat followed by a large beat).
What is iambic pentameter?
In "Because I could not stop for death" this character is described as courteous, like a gentleman.
Who is Death?
The tone of this Robert Frost poem is fatalistic and matter of fact, as it discusses the inevitability of the passage of youth and beauty.
What is "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?
In John Donne’s “Batter my heart, three-personed God” this person is dying but tells death that it is powerless in the presence of God: “Death, Thou shalt die.”
Who is the speaker?
In the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen, "gas" radiates meanings such as poisoning life, suffocating dreams, surprise threat, the cloud of war. Though "gas" is real, it is also figurative. Because it radiates meaning, it can be referred to as this poetry term.
What is symbol?
A name to describe poetic form that is a traditional pattern that applies to a whole poem, such as a limerick, sonnet, and villanelle.
What is fixed form?
In this poem, Dickinson suggests keeping the Sabbath in nature with birds for the choir and God as the preacher.
What is "Some keep the Sabbath going to Church"?
This line from Frost "The secret sits in the circle and knows" is an example of what poetry term?
What is personification?
In "Batter my heart, three-personed God," the speaker asks God to do this specific quote from the poem.
What is "O'erthrow me, and bend your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new"?
"Death, thou shalt die" from John Donne's poem is an example of this poetry term.
What is apostrophe?
"APO 96225" by Larry Rottmann employs this type of irony.
What is situational irony?
Not Emily related: Someone saying “Just what I needed” after spilling coffee on their shirt on the way to an important meeting is an example of this poetry term.
What is verbal irony?
The repetition of the "a" sound in this line "Though as for that the passing there" is an example of this poetic sound device.
What is assonance?
In George Herbert's poem "Love," Love serves the guest this item at the end of the poem.
What is his meat? (meaning Love offers himself as the meal)