Poetry devices
Understanding
Popery
Literary Devices
Authors
100
What the poem "American Primitive" is made of _____ to show a shift in tone.
What are quatrains?
100
The Poem "My Papa's Waltz" describes the relationship between the speaker and _____
What is his father
100
A similarity between both poems.
What is ......
100
"a shower of gold" is a metaphor for this.
What is sunlight shining on the father.
100
This is the year William Jay Smith was born.
What is 1918
200
In "my Papa's Waltz" ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH is the ______
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
200
"There he is in a shower of gold" is a metaphor of this.
What is sunlight shining on the father?
200
Something in "American Primitive" different from "My Papa's Waltz."
What is ....
200
____ is a metaphor for the relatioship between the father and the son
What is the waltz
200
A man you was a gambler and alcoholic and had a large influence on his poetry.
Who is his father.
300
In the poem "my Papa's Waltz" the meter of the poem is _____
What is trimetrical iambic pentameter
300
One could interpret "My Papa's Waltz" in these two ways.
What is child abuse or horesplay
300
The Poem "My Papa's Waltz" is written in ____ to allow us to see the shift of setting and time
What is quatrains
300
"My Papa's Waltz" in this perspective_____?
What is foreshadowing
300
The place where William Jay Smith was born
What is Winnfeild, Louisiana?
400
In "American Primitive" ABAB CDCD EBEB is the _____
What is the rhyme scheme.
400
"Look at him there in his stovepipe hat, His high-top shoes, and his handsome collar" portray this.
What is the father trying to be fancy?
400
Something in "My Papa's Waltz" not in "American Primitive."
What is ...
400
In "My Papa's Waltz" the quick pace of the meter (1-2-3) is fitting for the poem because the beat resembles that of a
What is waltz
400
In "my Papa's Waltz" the author Theodore Roethke's ____ passed away when he was young influencing his poems
What is his father
500
"Look at him there in his stovepipe hat, His high-top shoes, and his handsome collar" is an example of this.
What is imagery?
500
In "my Papa's Walltz" battered;scraped;buckle are all examples of?
What are examples of diction
500
A similarity between both the poems.
What is ....
500
"And I love my Daddy like he loves his Dollar" is repeated for this reason.
What is for emphasis?
500
the author of "My Papa's Waltz" spent much of his time here
What is the greenhouse
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