Sonnets
All sonnets are written in this meter
What is iambic pentameter?
His hero's journey begins in the wilderness, living with wild animals.
Who is Enkidu?
"My life the least, my death no loss, my only worth is you, my royal uncle."
Who is Gawain?
What is a dynamic character?
Odysseus's wife
Who is Penelope?
This poem uses enjambment and slant rhymes to portray chaos (title and author)
What is "my dreams, my works, must wait till after hell" by Gwendolyn Brooks
His call to adventure came from Athena, in disguise, who told him seek his father's friends
Who is Telemachus?
"My love is as a fever, longing still, for that which longer nursery the disease"
Who is Shakespeare?
When an object represents an idea
What is a symbol?
The two women who kept Odysseus on their islands
Who are Circe and Calypso?
The three things a couplet can do
What are refute, amplify and conclude?
One of his obstacles was what is now called being "stuck between a rock and a hard place." What were the rock and a hard place called?
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
"If truly I am your son, and you acknowledge yourself as my father, grant that Odysseus may never reach home."
Who is Polyphemus?
What is foreshadowing?
She had an affair with her husband's brother and gave birth to Eros
Who is Aphrodite?
This sonnet juxtaposes what love can and cannot do
What is "Love is Not All" by Edna St. Vincent Millay?
Encountering ogres, trolls, wolves and boars was part of his hero's journey
Who is Gawain?
"I lay down on the roof of Circe's palace and never thought, when I went down, to go by way of the long ladder."
Who is Elpenor?
The meter that "The Odyssey" was written in
What is dactylic hexameter?
The wife of King Arthur
Who is Guinevere?
This poem personifies death (title and author)
What is "the sonnet ballad" by Gwendolyn Brooks?
The "elixir" that these two heroes earned included maturity and a deeper knowledge of themselves
Who are Telemachus and Gawain?
"If in truth, you are Odysseus, my son, who have come back here, give me some unmistakable sign, so that I can believe in you."
Who is Laertes?
In alliterative revival, every stanza ends with this
What is a quatrain?
He wasn't really in love with Penelope, but he wanted to be king of Ithaca
Who is Antinoos?