"It suck'd me first, and now sucks thee,
And in this flea our two bloods mingled _________,"
What is "be"? First Stanza - From John Donne's "The Flea"
100
In this famous poem, blood is mingled.
What is "The Flea"?
100
He died when he is stabbed in the eye.
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
100
Seize the Day
What is carpe diem?
100
paragraph in poetry
What is a stanza?
200
"More pity unto me; but Love, alas!
At one first blow did shiver it as __________"
What is "glass"? 3rd standa - from John Donne's poem, "The Broken Heart"
200
"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe spurs what Donne poem?
What is "The Bait"?
200
Beheaded - his head was embalmed for safe keeping
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh (or his wife who kept it)?
200
exaggeration for effect or emphasis - an overstatement
What is hyperbole?
200
stanza with four lines
What is a quatrain?
300
"Time drives the flocks from field to fold,
when rivers rage and rocks grow _________"
What is cold? Second stanza - from "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" from Sir Walter Raleigh
300
He is this before later in life becoming a protestant pastor.
What is a Catholic?
300
Some have speculated this writer might have had rabies, or some other disease that caused delirium or insanity - obvious, "tell-tale" signs.
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
300
An author's "ardent expression" of emotion - with melodic imagery
What is lyric verse (or lyric poetry)?
300
Poetical line with five "feet" (and typically 10 syllables)?
What is iambic pantameter?
400
"By shallow rivers to whose falls
Melodious birds sing _____________"
What are madrigals? Second stanza - from "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," by Christopher Marlowe
400
The "he" in the following line from "The Broken Heart" - "he swallows us and never chaws."
What is love?
400
It is said that this author of a "Streetcar Named Desire" died while choking on the cap of his eye drops.
Who is Tennessee Williams?
400
Pair of rhyming lines with the same meter
What is a couplet?
400
poetical line with 4 feet (and typically 8 syllables)?
What is iambic tetrameter?
500
"And there th' enamour'd fish will stay,
Begging themselves they may _________"
What is "betray"? 2nd Stanza - from "The Bait," by John Donne.
500
Donne writes from the romantic tradition, but can also be considered this type of poet (part of word comes from the Greek - meaning "after" or "with" - and the other part refers to nature or the "physical" world.
What is metaphyisical?
500
This infamous author of Madea from 406 B.C. was RIPped apart by either dogs or angry women.