Pauses with in a line or at the end of a line that are not marked with punctuation
What is caesura
100
A Japanese form of poetry with a pattern of
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables
and usually written about nature or the seasons
What is haiku
100
What is the meaning behind these lines:
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both..."
What is life presents us with choices and we have to choose a road- we can't take them all
200
Terry taught trigonometry to teenagers.
What is alliteration
200
Purple dusk hung over the pristine wilderness as the sun slowly dropped from the sky.
What is imagery
200
The living dead.
What is oxymoron
200
poetry without form or pattern
What is free verse
200
What is the mood behind the lines:
"And, as in uffish thought he stood"
What is tired, sluggish, laborious thought
300
So many bows hit your toe.
What is assonance
300
The lovely lily blew in the wind, waving her limbs through the breeze.
What is personification
300
The Energizer Bunny was arrested and charged with battery.
What is pun
300
Type of poem that compares two nouns using adjectives, verbs (ending in -ing) in a repeating pattern
What is diamante
300
What is the meaning behind these lines:
"Are you a nobody too?
Then there's a pair of us- don't tell."
What is the author enjoys their solitude and anonymity
400
Romeo, oh Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
What is repetition
400
The sky was a dark sea of fireflies stuck in a land of forever night.
What is metaphor
400
To mock or make fun of an original work or idea.
What is parody
400
Type of poetry that uses the word of the subject of the poem to dictate the first letter of each line in the poem
What is acrostic
400
What is the mood behind Langston Hughes' poem when he asks the question:
"What happens to a dream deferred?... Or does it explode?"
What is silly, the only other option not explored, literally disappears into nothing...
500
Jack, eating rotten cheese, did say,
Like Samson I my thousands slay;
I vow, quoth Roger, so you do.
And with the self-same weapon, too.
- Ben Franklin
What is rhyme
500
That restaurant is so expensive! Our meal cost a million dollars!
What is hyperbole
500
"He was a real Romeo."
What is allusion
500
Type of poetry where the words of the poem also literally create a picture or shape relating to the poem's message
What is concrete poem
500
How does the imagery create meaning in these lines:
"I tried to tell her:
This way the twig is bent.
Born of my trunk and strengthened by my roots,"
What is makes the parental bond seem very strong- PART of the same organism...