Haiku
Acrostic
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Invictus
Random
100
Haiku is form of ______ poetry, traditionally about seasons or nature
Japanese
100
An acrostic is a form of poetry in which the first letter of the first word forms another word when it is read _________
Vertically
100
This poem was written about Dylan Thomas' dying ______.
father
100
This poem was inspired by Henry losing his ______ to an infection caused by tuberculosis
leg
100
Idiom for dying: "To ________ the bucket"
kick
200
Haiku has 3 lines and a _-_-_ syllable format.
5-7-5
200
The most famous acrostic is "A _____ Beneath A ____ Sky"
Boat....Sunny
200
Do not go gentle into that good night, ______, ______ against the dying of the light.
rage, rage
200
"Invictus" is Latin for ___________
unconquered (invincible, undefeated)
200
Henley was the inspiration for the pirate, Long John Silver, in what famous book?
Treasure Island
300
The most famous Japanese haiku poet is Matsuo _______
Basho
300
"A Boat Beneath A Sunny Sky" was written by ______ ______
Lewis Carroll
300
This type of poem is called a ________
Villanelle
300
"I am the master of my ________"
fate
300
What president of South Africa was inspired by "Invictus?"
Nelson Mandela
400
Basho's most famous example is of a _______ jumping into an old pond.
Frog
400
"A Boat Beneath A Sunny Sky" spells out the name _______ Pleasance ________.
Alice....Liddell
400
This poem has ____ lines and ____ stanzas.
19 ..... 6
400
Last line, "I am the _________ of my ________"
captain...soul
400
What is Kobe Bryant's nickname?
The Black Mamba
500
Haiku has a 5-7-5 ________ format.
Syllable
500
Carroll's read name was Charles Dodgson, so Carroll was a ______________
pseudonym
500
The poem has 5 _______ and 1 ________
tercet....quatrain
500
Henley wasn't sure if any god/gods existed, so he was an ________
agnostic
500
4/15 was the deadline for filing tax returns with the __ __ __
IRS
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