Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Soapstone
Poetry Analysis
Poetry Analysis
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What is a catalog poem?
a poem that brings together many different images and presents them for the reader
100
What is imagery?
language that appeals to the senses
100
What does one of the S's in SOAPSTone stand for?
speaker/subject
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What is the setting of "A Blessing"?
field in Rochester
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Whose rage is described in "Once by the Pacific"?
God's rage or nature's rage
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What is a haiku?
a Japanese poem; 3 lines; 17 syllables
200
What is an iamb?
unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (u/)
200
What does one of the S's in SOAPSTone stand for?
speaker/subject
200
What is the tone of "A Blessing?"
loving, calm, peaceful
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What is the tone of "Country Scene"?
pessimistic; depressed
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What is the syllable rule for haiku?
5 syllables 7 syllables 5 syllables
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What is the definition of fresh image?
help you see the world in an unusual or original way
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What does the P in SOAPSTone stand for?
purpose
300
Where does Pan, the famous goat-footed character from Greek mythology, enter "-in Just"?
he is the balloon man
300
According to the speaker in "Country Scene," what outlasts both nature and love?
poetry
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What is a lyric poem?
a poem that expresses the speakers thoughts or feelings
400
What is pentameter?
5 stressed syllables in a line
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What does the A in SOAPSTone stand for?
audience
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If the poems "Woman Work" and "Daily" were written by men, how would they be different?
tone, topic, images
400
Mark the stressed (/) and unstressed (u) syllables in the following line of poetry. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Shall(u) I(/) com(u)pare(/) thee(u) to(/) a(u) sum(/)mer's(u) day(/)?
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What is a sonnet?
14-line poem with regular rhyming pattern
500
What is iambic pentameter?
5 iambs in a line (u/u/u/u/u/)
500
What does the O in SOAPSTone stand for?
occasion
500
What is the theme of "Once by the Pacific"?
Life on earth could end some day.
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Mark the stressed (/) and unstressed (u) syllables in the following line of poetry. By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;
By(u) chance(/) or(u) na(/)ture’s(u) chan(/)ging(u) course(/) un(u)trimm’d(/);
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