The Cremation of Sam McGee
The Courage That My Mother Had
The Highwayman
Poetry Terms & Their Poems
Potpourri
100
Sam McGee's home state-- spell it
What is Tennessee?
100
A large ornamental pin that the poet said she treasured, but could spare
What is a brooch?
100
This poem is a local legend from this country
What is England?
100
"His eyes were hollows of madness"
What is a metaphor from "The Highwayman"?
100
What was discovered in the Klondike besides freezing temperatures
What is gold?
200
The holiday when Cap and Sam were "mushing our way over the Dawson trail"
What is Christmas Day?
200
The simile used in comparison to courage
What is a rock?
200
The poet uses this word to describe Tim's occupation
What is an ostler?
200
"...for I didn't like to hear him sizzle so" (There are two for this one!)
What are onomatopoeia and alliteration from "The Cremation of Sam McGee"?
200
This king's men helped themselves to ale without asking
Who is King George?
300
The name of the abandoned ship that became the crematorium
What is the Alice May?
300
She write that her mother is in this type of hill
What is granite?
300
Bess's father owns this establishment
What is an inn?
300
"Yet it is something I could spare"
What is alliteration from "The Courage That My Mother Had"?
300
This color symbolizes death, love, and authority in "The Highwayman"
What is red?
400
The poetic word for "shore"-- and it's not a Simpson
What is "marge"?
400
Edna St. Vincent Millay's home state
What is Maine?
400
The highwayman tells Bess, "Wait for me by ___________"
What is moonlight?
400
"...the hours crawled by"
What is personification from "The Highwayman"?
400
Pat Mora describes the desert as if it were THIS mother, the Spanish word for strong
What is PODEROSA?
500
Robert Service, who wrote this poem, worked in a bank in this country where he heard the prospectors' tales
What is Canada?
500
The poet published her first poem at this age
What is fourteen?
500
This is the large cup-shaped handle of a sword
What is a hilt?
500
"Down like a dog on the highway"-- there are TWO terms in this one
What are alliteration and simile from "The Highwayman"?
500
This is the Spanish word for voice-- spell it
What is VOZ?
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