Poetry (Meter)
Poetry (Form/Meter)
Vocabulary
Identify it
Multiple Choice-deal with it
100
The difference between an iamb and a trochee
What is an iamb is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable and a trochee is the opposite-stressed/unstressed?
100
The difference between an anapest and a dactyl
What is unstressed, unstressed, stressed and stressed, stressed, unstressed
100
An outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
What is irony
100
The rough, irregular stones of the street, pointing every way, and designed, one might have thought, expressly to lame all living creatures that approached them, had dammed it into little pools; these were surrounded, each by its own jostling group or crowd, according to (10) its size. The tone of this passage is either sarcastic or frustrating
What is sarcastic?
100
The first line of the poem contains an example of a.caesura b.ellipsis c.simile d.metaphor
What is simile?
200
Two successive stressed syllables
What is a spondee?
200
This form of poem is a long lyric poem that is often sung
What is a ballad?
200
Of relating to or being a literary or other artistic work that portrays or evokes rural life usually in an idealized way.
What is a pastoral?
200
"Friends, Romans, countrymen: lend me your ears" -Shakespeare Metonymy or Synecdoche?
What is synecdoche?
200
The first stanza of the poem also contains alliteration a heroic couplet irony slant rhyme understatement
What is alliteration
300
A line of poetry with four "feet"
What is tetrameter?
300
The Odyessy is an example of this kind of poem
What is an epic poem
300
A reference (usually implied) in a literary work
What is an allusion?
300
Which of the following best paraphrases the meaning of lines 5-6? a. The woman’s beauty is nuanced, like nighttime, as opposed to the straightforward beauty in the sun b. When daytime is too cloudy for light to shine through, all beauty is lost. c. The woman’s beauty is compared to that of Heaven. d. Daylight “denies” night its soft light.
What is a?
400
Identify it: form and meter To swell the gourd and plump the hazel shells.
What is iambic pentameter?
400
Identify the form and mark the beats in line one: There was a Young Lady whose chin, Resembled the point of a pin; So she had it made sharp, And purchased a harp, And played several tunes with her chin.
What is a limerick and tetrameter (one iamb and two anapests)?
400
An extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative, are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself.
What is allegory?
400
Personification is NOT exhibited in which of the following? a. "Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay," (line 8) b. "Old age should burn and rave at close of day;" (line 2) c. "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." (line 3) d. "Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay," (line 14) e. "Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight," (line10)
What is e?
400
The attitude of the speaker is best described as one of a. unbridled enthusiasm b. active discomfort c. deep adoration d. mild confusion e. conflicted admiration
What is c?
500
In this line from "Lepanto," White founts falling in the courts of the sun these words are spondees
What is white founts?
500
Identify it: the drum line of this song is a series of these poetic metric units
What is anapests?
500
Passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
What is discursive?
500
0 wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, Pestilence-stricken multitudes: 0 thou, Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed The wingèd seeds, where they lie cold and low, Each like a corpse within its grave, until Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow Her clarion o'er the dreaming earth, and fill (Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air) With living hues and odours plain and hill: Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; Destroyer and Preserver; hear, 0 hear! Tercets or Terza Rima?
What is Terza Rima
500
A major assumption of the poem is that a. beauty is best compared to nature b. night is always more beautiful than day c. dark hair is associated with dark thoughts d. only by conversing with someone can you find out how she thinks e. outward appearance can be an indicator of inner goodness
What is e?
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