Definitions
Authors
Meter & Line
What Men Live By
Bits & Pieces
100
Repetition of final consonant sounds as in "first" and "last"
What is consonance?
100
This author wrote, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin."
Who is Robert Browning?
100
This combination of meter and line is referred to as "iambic pentameter."
What is Blank Verse?
100
This protagonist rescued Michael from the cold.
Who is Simon?
100
The manipulation of emotions for your own purposes.
What is sentimentality?
200
Sound similarities that occur between words which are not true rhymes.
What are approximate rhymes?
200
This author wrote, "Les Miserables."
Who is Victor Hugo?
200
This line of poetry contains two feet.
What is dimeter?
200
What dwells in man? What is not given to man? What men live by?
What were the three lessons God sent Michael to learn?
200
This British poet never married but took care of her invalid mother.
Who is Christina Rossetti?
300
Words which sound like what they mean.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
This author developed and perfected the dramatic monologue.
Who is Robert Browning?
300
This meter consists of an accented syllable followed by two unaccented ones. /⏝ ⏝
What is dactylic meter?
300
Instead of boots, Michael made these for the rich man who came to Simon's shop.
What are soft slippers?
300
This natural phenomenon is used as a symbol for sadness or sorrow in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem with a similar name.
What is rain?
400
The construction of two or more thoughts in the same pattern.
What is parallelism?
400
This Russian author was born into an aristocratic family but refused his status in order to work with peasants.
Who is Count Leo Tolstoy?
400
A line of poetry containing six feet.
What is hexameter?
400
The theme of this story.
What is love?
400
His poems, "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," and "The Lady of the Lake," established the popularity of this Scottish poet.
Who is Sir Walter Scott?
500
When rhythm occurs at regular intervals.
What is meter?
500
This English author and theologian wrote several hymns and translated many of the Psalms into poetry.
Who is Isaac Watts?
500
This meter consists of an accented syllable followed by an unaccented syllable. /⏝
What is trochaic meter?
500
The number of years Michael lived with Simon and Matryona.
What is six?
500
Silver, Golden, Brass, and Iron.
What are, "The Bells"
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