Poets & Their Poems
He wrote two poems about two different types of animals. One, arguably, highlights the wrath of God while the other focuses on the tenderness of God. (Name the poet and add another 100 for each poem you can identify!)
Who is William Blake and what are "The Tyger" and "The Lamb"?
In the name "Caleb Luciano", the "L" sounds are a example of this
What is consonance?
The number of lines in a sonnet
What is 14?
A story, poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, maybe moral or political
What is an allegory?
This poet was BFFs with Coleridge and kick started the Romantic movement with his prolific career, writing a LOT about nature
Who is William Wordsworth?
Homer's two most famous works
What is "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"?
When Coleridge wrote, "measureless to man", he provided an example of this
What is alliteration?
The meter of the sonnets we have studied
What is iambic pentameter?
A poem that tells a story, like in "La Belle Dame sans Merci"
What is a ballad?
This poet was more famous for his fantastic and whimsical artwork that depicted Biblical and otherworldly scenes
Who is William Blake?
He wrote "Love bade me welcome. Yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin."
Who is George Herbert?
The names "Maddie", "Brody", and "Ezra" are examples of this because of the way they are accented.
What is a trochee?
The amount of syllables in one line of a sonnet
What is 10?
The development of a character within a story. Poems are too short for this.
What is characterization?
This Romantic poet left England for Italy, hoping to recover from tuberculosis but wound up dying in Rome at the age of 25
Who is John Keats?
He wrote "Ode On A Grecian Urn"
Who is John Keats?
"Little lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?" is an example of this (hint, there are only two lines here!)
What is a couplet?
What is "a summer's day"?
This symmetrical structure in storytelling, common in Ancient literature, like in the book of Esther
What is chiastic structure?
This Romantic poet's "creative genius" was interrupted by a neighbor and his most famous poem was reported to have suffered as a result. (100 extra points if you can name the poem!)
Who is Samuel Taylor Coleridge (and Kubla Khan)
He wrote "The Destruction of Sennacharib"
Who is Lord Byron?
"It's time to finish up this stupid game" is written in what type of meter? (Hint: count the syllables and note where the accent is)
What is "iambic pentameter"?
His sonnet's last line is, "They also serve who only stand and wait."
Who is John Milton?
When a story focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood.
What is a bildungsroman?
Who is Percy Bysshe Shelley?