Who is the small boy now reflecting back on the memory?
100
A example of dialect from "To Satch"
What is
"one fine mornin'"
"handfulla"
"burnin' down"
200
The repetition of a word/phrase at the beginning of a sentence.
What is anaphora?
200
The man was defeated, hopeless as a lost puppy.
What is a simile?
200
A poem written to commemorate the loss of something/someone.
What is an elegy poem?
200
In "Richard Cory" the "O"
What is towns people looking back on Richard Cory's life and death?
200
An example of imagery from "Still I Rise"
What is
"trod me in the very dirt"
"Like dust, I'll rise"
"I've got oil wells // Pumping in my living room"
"Bowed head and lowered eyes"
"Shoulders falling down like teardrops"
300
When the rhyme is located at the end of each line.
What is end rhyme?
300
With the force of a great typhoon, determination took hold of the athlete.
What is metaphor?
300
A poem that tells a story; it has characters, an inciting incident, a main conflict, a climax, resolution, etc.
What is a narrative poem?
300
The "A" from "Mother to Son"
Who is the son?
300
A word with negative connotation in "Ex-Basketball Player"
What is
"idiot"
"loose"
"low"
"never"
"lug"
"grease-gray"
"seldom"
400
When the poet repeats the same word/phrase throughout the poem
What is repetition?
400
She was mighty as an ant.
What is paradox
400
A poem written with the intent of being delivered out loud and with expressive emotion.
What is a slam/performance poem.
400
The "P" from "My Papa's Waltz"
What is purpose?
400
The dust hung low and I moved slow
What is internal rhyme?
500
Has he gone to home or to heaven?
What is consonance?
500
The moon watched as the stars danced across the night sky
What is personification?
500
A poem without any rhyme scheme, without any pattern of line lengths, etc.