Forms
This is a poem popularized by Shakespeare. It contains 3 quatrains and a couplet
What is a sonnet?
This is a word that mimics a sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
This type of figurative language is used in the following line:
The wind cried "Mary".
What is personification?
The act of scanning a poem to identify the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is called this.
What is scansion?
Language which speaks to the tangible and the obvious is know as this.
What is concrete language?
This is a poem written in mourning of a dead person.
What is an elegy?
This is a direct comparison between two unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the vehicle in the following metaphor:
"Life is a highway".
What is "highway"?
A line of poetry with 5 feet is called this.
What is pentameter?
This was a poet notable for his manipulation of space, punctuation, and syntax.
Who is E.E. Cummings?
This is a poem that uses a direct comparison throughout the entire poem.
What is an extended metaphor poem?
This is an indirect comparison between two unlike things.
What is a simile?
His palms are sweaty.
Knees weak, arms are heavy.
What is slant rhyme?
A foot consisting of two syllables, in which the first is unstressed and the second is stressed is called this.
What is an iamb?
This poet was a recluse, staying often in her room. A store of her poetry was discovered after her death. She revolutionized slant rhyme.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
This poem is comprised of 5 tercets, and a quatrain. It's usually, but not always, written in iambic pentameter.
What is a Villanelle?
This is repetition of vowel sounds in words close together.
What is assonance?
Go Slowly Down the Road.
What is assonance?
A metrical foot consisting of an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables; the words “poetry” and “basketball”.
What is a dactyl?
This is the idea about life or humanity that a poet intends with a poem.
What is the theme?
This type of poem doesn't really tell a story, but it evokes emotions through imagery.
What is a lyric poem?
This is the first part of a direct comparison... the thing that "is" something else.
What is a tenor?
Identify the tenor in the following comparison:
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise fair sun, and kill the envious moon.
What is "Juliet"?
A line of poetry with seven feet is called this.
What is heptameter?
This is the title of the official poet of the United States. During their term, this person seeks to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry. They often write and perform poetry for official, national events. Billy Collins served in this role under President Barack Obama.
What is poet laureate?