Define Alliteration
The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words
Who wrote "The Bells"?
Edgar Allen Poe
What poem did you memorize?
The Day is Done
Define simile
A comparison using the words "like" or "as"
Why did Edgar Allen Poe use assonance and alliteration in the poem "The Bells"?
To mimic the sound of the bells
Define Rhyme
Two or more words with the same end syllable
Define meter
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poetic line.
Who is the author of "There is No Frigate Like a Book"
Emily Dickinson
What was the first free verse poem we read?
"When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer"
What Poetic foot is "Rap God" written in?
Trochaic
What is Walt Whitman writing an allegory about in "O Captain! My Captain!"
Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
Define Slant Rhyme
Two or more words with similiar sounding end syllable
Define Assonance
The repetitive use of the same vowel sound in words
Who is the most famous sonnet writer?
William Shakespeare
What Latin Poem did we read
Catullus 5
Define Metaphor
The direct comparison between two objects not using "like" or "as"
What sound does an Iamb mimic?
Heart Beat
Define Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of rhyme in a poem
Define poetic foot
A basic unit of meter that has at least two syllables
Who wrote in apology/dramatic dialogue?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Which poems are famous for being free verse and are the most studied in the world
The Psalms
This is the repeated use of a word or theme in a poem
repetition
When Romeo and Juliet meet, what is unique about their meeting?
They speak in sonnet.
Define Caesura
The break in the meter of a poetic line
Who is the Father of Free Verse
Walt Whitman
This poem heavily uses caesuras
I'm Nobody, Who are you?
Define Conceit
A complex comparison between two unlike objects using metaphors, similes, and juxtapositions.
Three requirements of a sonnet.
Ten syllables per line
ABABCDCDEFEFGG Rhyme Scheme
Iambic Pentameter
Define Euphony and give three consonants that make it
The use of soft phonetic sounds in a poem
m, n, s, f, r, w, th, sh
What are the four feet we learned in class and their pattterns?
Iamb: u /
Trochee: / u
Anapest: u u /
Dactyl: / u u
Who did we read as an example of metaphor and what was the metaphor?
Robert Frost
Trees to a mask of gloom
What is Shakespeare's most famous sonnet and what is the first line?
Sonnet 18; Shall I compare thee to a summers day?
Similes compare _____ but Metaphors compare ____
Accidents
Substances
Trochees are traditionally used to convey what emotion in poetry
Sadness
True or False; Greeks loved rhyme
False