Poetic Elements
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Images and Settings
Pickin' up the scraps...
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Grouping of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
100
Compares 2 unlike things using the words "like" and/or "as"
What is a simile?
100
In the last stanza of this poem, the speaker's feelings can best be described as looking forward to eating the soup he has made.
What is "Folding Won Tons In"?
100
The atmosphere of this poem is threatening, rather than calming.
What is the atmosphere of "Once by the Pacific"?
100
____________s bring "wealth" to the speaker of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" because they provide him with rich memories.
What are daffodils?
200
No stanzas, no rhythm, do definite line length.
What is free verse?
200
An indirect but meaningful pointed reference.
What is an allusion?
200
When the speaker of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" first sees the daffodils, he is ___________.
What is joyful?
200
The images in this poem include stormy weather, outdoor activities, and light from the sun and moon.
What is "Woman Work"?
200
In between these 2 stanzas of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" some time passes before the narrator speaks.
What are the fourth and fifth stanzas.
300
A poem that tells a story in short stanzas and simple words with repetition and refrain.
What is a ballad?
300
Repetition of consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
300
A poem in which the speaker's attitude can best be described as weary.
What is "Women Work"?
300
The last stanza of this poem is set at a later time, on a couch in the speaker's home.
What is "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?
300
A poem in which the "newborns huddled" are placed in boiling soup!! Ahh!
What is "Folding Won Tons In"?
400
The art or structure of poems.
What is poetry?
400
Words in a line "turned around" for impact.
What is inversion?
400
A brief expression of a speaker's thoughts and feelings.
What is a lyric poem?
400
According to the third stanza of "Ballad of Birmingham", children march in the streets for _____________.
What is freedom?
400
An "inward eye" is a figure of speech for _________.
What is the mind?
500
Two contradictory ideas are combined.
What is an oxymoron?
500
A statement contrary to common belief.
What is a paradox?
500
The fifth stanza of "Ballads of Birmingham" tells about __________, in order to emphasize how much the daughter is valued, treasured, and innocent.
What is dressing?
500
Lines 7-9 in "Once by the Pacific" describe how landforms support one another as ocean waves advance. This description relates to the speaker's caution, stated in lines 10 & 11, by implying that people must prevent an age of _______ and ________ just as cliffs and continents must support the earth against advancing waves.
What is an age of darkness and rage?
500
This poem lists images for the readers' attention.
What is a catalog poem?
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