Emily Dickinson
Poetry Terms
Figurative Language
Poetry Structure
Pop Culture
100

How many poems did Emily Dickinson write?

1800 Poems

100

An object or action that means something more than the literal meaning. 

Symbol

100

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using the connecting words "like" or "as." EXAMPLE: Love is a battlefield.

Metaphor

100

A regular pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry

Meter

100

What color do we wear on Wednesdays?

Pink

200

What state did she grow up in?

Massachusetts

200

Poetic form without a consistent meter, rhyme, or stanza length

Open form

200

A phrase that expresses a figurative meaning different from the actual meaning of the words used. EXAMPLE: "Kick the bucket" is means "death."

Idiom

200

The repetition of the same or similar sounds in a poem

Rhyme

200

How many Spice Girls are there?

5

300

What instrument did she play?

Piano

300

The set of rules guiding the arrangement of words and lines in a poem

Poetic Form

300

Giving human characteristics to animals or non-living things. 

Personification

300

The pattern formed by the rhyming words at the ends of lines in a poem

Rhyme Scheme

300

Which star divorced Kanye West in 2021?

Kim K

400

How many poems were actually published?

10

400

The pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry

Rhythm

400

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using the connecting words "like" or "as." EXAMPLE: Love is like a battlefield.

Simile

400

A single line of poetry. 

Line

400

What is the longest running TV Series?

The Simpsons

500

What was her father's profession?

Lawyer

500

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.

Free Verse

500

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art. 

Allusion

500

The basic unit of a poem, made up of a series of lines. The paragraph of a poem

Stanza

500

What is the name of Taylor Swift's most recent album?

Midnights

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