Vocabulary
How many lines are in a quatrain?
4
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with ____.
Snow
Who wrote To the Snake?
Denise Levertov
Which poet was also a doctor?
William Carlos Williams
In the poem Variations of a Theme by William Carlos Williams by Kenneth Koch, what was "so inviting"?
Beams
What is a stanza break?
The space that divides two stanzas from each other.
"My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse ____"
Near
When the speaker in When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer become "tired and sick", what does he do?
He leaves the lecture hall to go outside.
Robert Frost read a poem at the inauguration of which president?
John F. Kennedy
In This is Just to Say, what is the speaker apologizing for?
Eating someone else's plums.
Emily Dickinson creates a metaphor in #359, comparing the bird's wings as it flies away to ___.
Oars
What is slant rhyme?
When 2 words share the same final consonant sound.
Abraham Lincoln admired this poet, who was a battlefield nurse during the Civil War.
Walt Whitman
Marie Howe was inspired to write after what event happened in her family?
Her brother died.
Why does the speaker of The Copper Beech like to climb the tree?
To practice being alone.
What is an excerpt?
A small part of a larger piece of work.
What is the rhyme scheme of Snow Dust?
ABAB CDCD
Emily Dickinson was a prolific writer, writing about 1,800 poems! What does prolific mean?
Producing a large amount or many instances of something, often with great frequency or abundance
What is the name of Emily Dickinson's home, which has been turned into a museum?
The Homestead
What is the name of the character from Palestinian folktales who is known for playing tricks?
Joha
What is anaphora?
The repetition of words at the start of a series of lines in a poem.
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had ____.
This poet won four Pulitzer Prizes and the Congressional Gold Medal.
Robert Frost
What is the name of William Carlos Williams's wife?
Flossie
To the Snake is an example of what type of poem?
Apostrophe