Poets
The poet is also the author of the play The Merchant of Venice
Who is William Shakespeare?
The line " Not a cute card or a kissogram"
What is Valentine?
A poem divided into three quatrains and a rhyming couplet
What is a Shakespearen sonnet?
The poem is about authentic love
What is Valentine?
An exaggeration used for emphasis or to create a comic effect.
What is a hyperbole?
The poet was disinherited by their father
Who is Elizabeth Barret Browning?
The line " When my love swears that she is made of truth"
What is Sonnet 138?
A pause in the middle of a line
What is a caesura?
The poem is about love that trancends death
What is Sonnet 43?
Words that imitate the sound they describe.
What is onomatopoeia?
The author of the poem " Grandmother in the Garden"
Who is Louise Gluck?
The line " I think I made you up in my head"
What is Mad Girl's Love Song?
A poem made up of 19 lines with two rhymes throughout
What is a Villanelle?
The poem is about the healing power of nature after a heartbreak
What is Passion?
An indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.
What is an allusion?
The poet from Jamaica who died in 1991
Who is Dennis Scott?
The line, " patterns from the empty sleeves..."
What is Grandmother in the Garden?
A word or section in apoem that signifies a shift in tone or idea.
What is a volta?
The poem is about the emotional struggle between love and madness
What is Mad Girl's Love Song?
A contrast between what is said and what is actually meant, or between expectation and reality.
What is irony?
The poet is originally from Guyana
Who is Grace Nichols?
The line, " Homer's ghosts, the savage conches of the beach"
What is Passion?
A stanza/ verse made up of three lines
What is a tercet?
The poem is about love that nurtures and replenishes
What is Praise Song for My Mother?
two words or phrases used together that have, or seem to have, opposite meanings
What is an oxymoron?