poets
This Irish poet founded the Abbey Theatre and wrote "Easter, 1916"
a) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
b) William Butler Yeats
c) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
d) Robert Burns
b) William Butler Yeats
This American poet wrote "O Captain! My Captain!" as an extended metaphor about Abraham Lincoln.
a) Emily Dickinson
b) William Wordsworth
c) Walt Whitman
d) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
c) Walt Whitman
A reference to a historical or cultural topic
What is allusion?
"East of Eden", "The Grapes of Wrath"
Who is John Steinbeck?
The only mammal native to North America
What is the POSSUM!!!
This Chilean poet was famous for his love poems
a) Jorge Luis Borges
b) Pablo Neruda
c) Julio Cortazar
d) William Carlos Williams
b) Pablo Neruda
This author of "First Fig" wrote that "my candle burns on both ends, it will not last the night"
a) Emily Dickinson
b) Edna St. Vincent Millay
c) Sylvia Plath
d) Christina Rossetti
b) Edna St. Vincent Millay
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
What is alliteration?
"The Importance of Being Earnest", "The Portrait of Dorian Gray"
Who is Oscar Wilde?
The hottest planet in our solar system
What is Venus?
Dylan Thomas is famous for having written what poem?
"Do not go gentle into that good night"
This author of Ariel included poems such as "Lady Lazarus", "Tulips", and "Daddy"
Who is Sylvia Plath?
An exaggeration intended for effect
What is hyperbole?
"Pride and Prejudice", "Emma"
Who is Jane Austen?
The number of strings on a guitar
What is six?
Expression “The glory that was Greece & the grandeur that was Rome” is by this gloomy poet
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
What famous poem tells the story of a doomed naval journey after a sailor kills an albatross?
What is Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
A poem that follows the rhyme structure "AABBA" and is intended to be humorous
What is a limerick?
"Beloved", "The Bluest Eye"
Who is Toni Morrison?
The Beatles' rhythm guitarist
Who is John Lennon?
This author of "Howl" was a founder of the beat movement
Who is Allen Ginsburg?
This Harlem Renaissance poet wrote "I, Too", "Freedom's Plow", and "The Trumpet Player"
Who is Langston Hughes?
A short poem that focuses on an emotion
What is a lyric poem?
"Death of a Salesman", "The Crucible"
Who is Arthur Miller?
The month Alex was born in
What is July?