In a poem, the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables and the pattern of beats created by those syllables are called
What is rhythm and meter?
100
The line “they sow, and sow, and sow” is an example of
What is repetition?
100
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
What is simile?
100
In "I Am Offering This Poem to You" why does the speaker claim he wants to offer his poem?
He has nothing else to give.
100
In "Ode to My Socks," the speaker claims that the socks are as soft as
rabbits
200
Poetry that has no fixed pattern of rhyme, meter, line length, or stanza arrangement is called
What is free verse?
200
What literary element appears in “The money rushed out like water over a dam”?
What is simile?
200
An animal, object, or idea that exhibits human qualities:
What is personification?
200
In "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven," what does the speaker spread under his lover's feet instead of heavenly cloths?
His dreams
200
After the speaker in "Ode to My Socks" describes the softness of the socks, it seems surprising that they are then described as
violent
300
A short, musical poem that creates a single, unified impression to express a speaker’s personal thoughts and emotions is a
What is lyric poem?
300
What literary element appears in “And start their silent swinging”?
What is alliteration?
300
How many lines are in a traditional haiku?
What is three lines?
300
In Sonnet 18 "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day," the speaker believes that the lover's beauty will last as long as...
men will read his/her poem
300
The speaker in "Ode to My Socks" claims that the socks make his feet FEEL what (3 things)
What is honored, decrepit, and unworthy
400
What reading strategy is a reader applying when relying on textual evidence and background knowledge to draw conclusions about the overall meaning of a work?
What is making inferences about THEME?
400
The use of language to represent the five senses?
What is imagery?
400
How many syllables are in a traditional haiku?
What is 17 syllables?
400
In Sonnet 18 "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day," the sonnet ends with a rhyming
couplet
400
In "I Am Offering This Poem to You," the claims that poetry is what?
All anyone needs to live
500
When you consider a poem's organization or variation of the lengths of lines and stanzas; traditional, more structured poems; or loosely structured, more modern poems, what are you analyzing?
What is form?
500
“War is kind,” is an example of
What is metaphor?
500
The message or underlying meaning of the poem?
What is theme?
500
In Sonnet 18 "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day," the speaker says that the rough winds shake buds that are
"darling"
500
In Sonnet 18 "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day," the speaker notes what FLAWS of summer?
it doesn't last; not all days are summer; the weather may be too warm