Poetry Definitions
Begins in delight and ends in wisdom
Who is Robert frost"
Let us go then, you and I
Who is TS Eliot?
A word that describes the narrator of "My Last Duchess"
What is arrogant, self-centered, etc.?
Language that appeals to the senses
What is imagery?
According to our guest speaker, a poem should ____ more than it tells.
What is "show"?
Spontaneous overflow of powerful emotion recollected in tranquility
Who is William Wordsworth?
She had a heart -- how shall I say -- too soon made glad
Who is Robert Browning?
The narrator of "My Husband Discovers Poetry" exacts revenge on her husband by doing this
What is writing a poem?
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds such as "blue black" or "fur froze"
What is alliteration?
This poet was known for his use of "objective correlatives"
Who is Eliot?
When I feel so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. When I feel physically as if the top of my head had been taken off, I know that is poetry,
Who is Emily Dickinson?
The grave's a fine and private place/ But none, I think, do there embrace.
Who is Andrew Marvell?
What is J. Alfred Prufrock's internal struggle?
What is his insecurity with women, poor self-esteem, etc.?
unrhymed iambic pentameter
What is blank verse?
This poet believed that writing free verse was like playing tennis without a net.
Who is Frost?
He was a poet of moral nature more than physical nature and believed poetry has a universality beyond the poet hi/herself
Who is TS Eliot?
What did I know, what did I know/ of love's austere and lonely offices?
Who is Robert Hayden?
In "Those Winter Sundays," what was the speaker's attitude toward his father when he was a child?
What is indifferent or ungrateful?
Meaning of Carpe Diem
What is Seize the Day?
This is a term for false emotion. Greeting card poetry is more likely to use this rather than authentic emotion.
What is sentimentality?
She said that poetry involves seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary
Who is Shannon Vesely?
It's funny how things blow loose like that
Who is Lisa Parker?
Which poem makes the point that all precious things are temporary?
What is "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?
a reference to a person, place, thing event, idea or another literary work. The title of Frost's "Out, Out" is an example.
What is an allusion?
Title of the poem with the following line: "And they, since they/ Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs."
What is "Out, Out"?