This line comes from...
Which poem is it?
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Miscellaneous 1
Miscellaneous 2
100
"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping..."
What is "The Raven"
100
It's about choosing the right path in life to take.
What is "The Road Not Taken"?
100
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door Only this and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _”
What is "nothing more"
100
The kind of poem that sometimes feels like performance art.
What is a slam poem?
100
The fancy word to describe a written analysis of a poem.
What is explication?
200
"Thou art more lovely and more temperate.."
What is "Sonnet 18"?
200
It is mostly about a father's love for his son.
What is "The Secret Heart"?
200
“Beware the Jabberwock, _ _ _ _ _!
What is "my son"?
200
Another word for cliche' is this.
What is an idiom?
200
The use of exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
300
"Because the paper propaganda propagates the people’s prejudices.."
What is "Paper People"?
300
It is comprised of several negative metaphors related to pregnancy.
What is "Metaphors"?
300
"Two roads _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in a yellow wood"
What is "diverged"?
300
What are three kinds of irony?
What is situational, dramatic, and verbal?
300
Mrs. Tirrell's favorite poet.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
400
"She loved that I had to kiss her goodbye 16 times, or 24 times if it was Wednesday"
What is "OCD"
400
It focuses on children playing in the park on a spring day, only to be called to attention by a man carrying balloons.
What is [in Just-]
400
" the little lame balloonman _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ far and _ _ _ "
What is "whistles" and "wee"?
400
An iamb is composed of this syllabic pattern.
What is unstressed and then stressed?
400
A basic repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more accented or unaccented syllables.
What is a "Foot"?
500
This poem focuses on the death or loss of things, only to hear from others that it is of no concern, because there are more available.
What is "Solace."
500
"My pen moves along the page like the _ _ _ _ _ of a small _ _ _ _ _ _"
What is "snout" and "animal"?
500
Her poems lack titles.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
500
The purposeful omission of punctuation, and the manipulation of syntax inside of a poem.
What is enjambment?
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