Haiku
Free Verse
Sonnet
Lyric Poem
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Haiku originated in
Japan
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Why is free verse “free”?
Free verse does not use consistent meter patterns.
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Please give a brief definition of sonnet（including 3 points, get score if answer two correctly)
( fourteen-line, regular rhyme scheme, iambic pentameter) (three to two)
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What is the definition of Lyric Poem?
It is a form of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person. It does not tell a story and is not short.
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What is Satori?
The enlightenment in Haiku
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Does free verse have rhythm?
Yes
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which one is the English sonnet, which one is the Italian sonnet? Identify them and answer one feature in those types x/x/x/x/ x/x/x/x/ x/x/x/x/ x/x///// x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/ x/x/x/x/x/x/
iambic pentameter
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Which one in the three poems is a lyric poem? A. I try to smile When I hurt inside I put on a brave face My tears, I try to hide From the outside You may not see my fear I try my best to fight it So you don't see me shed a tear I may not look crippled B. I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read......... C. Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contènts Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory.
A
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Which of the following is a Kigo of autumn in Japan A Scarecrow B Rainy season C Fallen leaves D Frogs
A （B Summer C Winter D Spring）
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The Dream Keeper Bring me all of your dreams, You dreamers, Bring me all of your Heart melodies, That I may wrap them In a blue cloud-cloth Away from the too-rough fingers Of the world This is a poem by Langston Hughes. What sound device do you detect?
Alliteration. (cloud-cloth)
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Find a simile, a metaphor, a sensory detail, the end rhyme, and the internal rhyme (one for each is required) “If We Must Die,” Claude McKay (1919) If we must die—let it not be like hogs/ Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,/ While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,/ Making their mock at our accursed lot./ If we must die—oh, let us nobly die,/ So that our precious blood may not be shed/ In vain; then even the monsters we defy/ Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!/ Oh, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe; Though far outnumbered, let us show us brave, And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow! What though before us lies the open grave? Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!
Find a simile, a metaphor, a sensory detail, the end rhyme, and the internal rhyme (one for each is required)
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What does the river in the poem symbolises? There is no end to moonlit autumns or flowery springs, And I have known so very many things. From my turret the wind was in the best again last night. A lost land was too much to bear: I turned form the moonlight. The carven rail and jade work wall are as they were before: Those rosy cheeks alone are there no more. Tell me, what is the uttermost extent of pain, you say? Mine is a river swollen in spring and welling east away.
The river symbolises the pain of the author and describes a bellyful of sorrow and regret
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The style of Matsuo Bashō’s haiku is described as (Hint: he wrote the old pond)
Natural
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What does free verse usually imitate? A. Slurred speech B. Conventional literature C. Freedom of speech D. Natural speech
D
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What is the theme of this poetry? SYLVIA PLATH Ennui Tea leaves thwart those who court catastrophe, designing futures where nothing will occur: cross the gypsy’s palm and yawning she will still predict no perils left to conquer. Jeopardy is jejune now: naïve knight finds ogres out-of-date and dragons unheard of, while blasé princesses indict tilts at terror as downright absurd. The beast in Jamesian grove will never jump, compelling hero’s dull career to crisis; and when insouciant angels play God’s trump, while bored arena crowds for once look eager, hoping toward havoc, neither pleas nor prizes shall coax from doom’s blank door lady or tiger.
readful hopelessness
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What device does the poem use? It came not from the deep within the bowels of our world; From somewhere far beyond, the flag of fate's caprice unfurled, A spectre of vindictive whim dispelled the gods of Night, And darkness was no more, but only fierce, eternal light. No sunset; no more dawn, no dusky balm to temper pain, No shadowed hush of silent sound to whisper hope's refrain, No more embrace of umbra'd calm to mitigate the toll Of parasitic evil in the fabric of Man's soul.
Alliteration, external rhyme
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The following Haiku is special because snow mixes with rain— my mother keeps calling me by my brother's name A It has a Kigo that is rare in other Haiku B It is ambiguous and has many different interpretations C It is written by a famous Japanese poet. D It is an attempt to approach traditional Haiku in English
D
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Who is most likely to be a free verse poet? A. William Shakespeare B. Ezra Pound C. John Keats D. William Butler Yeats E. Masaoka Shiki
E
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what is the he in the poem symbolised? “I will put Chaos into fourteen lines,” Edna St. Vincent Millay (c. 1945) I will put Chaos into fourteen lines And keep him there; and let him thence escape If he be lucky; let him twist, and ape Flood, fire, and demon—his adroit designs Will strain to nothing in the strict confines Of this sweet Order, where, in pious rape, I hold his essence and amorphous shape, Till he with Order mingles and combines. Past are the hours, the years, of our duress, His arrogance, our awful servitude: I have him. He is nothing more nor less Than something simple yet not understood; I shall not even force him to confess; Or answer. I will only make him good.
he symbolized the chaos
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What is the theme of the poem below? Where, before me, are the ages that have gone? And where, behind me, are the coming generations? I think of heaven and earth, without limit, without end, And I am all alone and my tears fall down.
The author felt upset and disappointed because he thought he was talented but he couldn’t meet someone who knows him and gives him a chance to work for the country
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