Poets
Sound in Poetry
Conventions
Imagery
Poetry Forms
100
This poet is well known for his dark, macabre style, and for his tempestuous personal life.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
100
The pattern of rhymes in a poem.
What is a rhyme scheme?
100
This is the basic unit of organization in poetry--poetry's equivalent to the paragraph.
What is a stanza?
100
This device compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'
What is a simile?
100
This ancient Japanese form uses a 5, 7, 5 syllable pattern to achieve its rhythm.
What is a haiku?
200
This poet was most active during the 1920s and 30s, and is well known for writing about rural American and the natural world.
Who is Robert Frost?
200
This happens when two or more words in a line share a beginning consonant.
What is alliteration?
200
Words break down into these phonetic building blocks.
What is a syllable?
200
This device gives human qualities to things that aren't human.
What is personification?
200
This traditional Irish form rhymes AABBA and has a very particular stress pattern.
What is a limerick?
300
This late 19th century poet is closely associated with the "slant rhyme" device.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
300
This happens when two words rhyme in a single line of poetry.
What is internal rhyme?
300
This is a stanza of four lines.
What is a quatrain.
300
This is an implied comparison between two things without using comparing words.
What is a metaphor?
300
This is a form that repeats a word or phrase at the beginning of each line for rhythmic effect.
What is a list poem?
400
This early 20th century poet believed that images, not ideas, were the most important concerns of poetry.
Who is William Carlos Williams?
400
This occurs when two words share, some, but not all ending sounds.
What is a slant rhyme?
400
This is another name for poetry--the opposite of prose.
What is verse?
400
In poetry, these are typically more meaningful when not taken literally.
What is a symbol?
400
In this form, the poet puts on a 'mask.'
What is a persona poem?
500
This contemporary poet is known for his narrative verse, as well as for writing young adult fiction.
Who is Gary Soto?
500
This device uses reoccurring words or phrases to create rhythm.
What is repetition?
500
This is a quality of all words in English, used to create rhythm in poetry. The limerick has three of these in its first line.
What is a stress?
500
In this device, most of the elements in a poem point to a larger symbolic meaning. Parables like 'The Tortoise and the Hare" are examples.
What is an allegory?
500
This form, popularized in England by Shakespeare has fourteen lines and a highly structured rhyme scheme.
What is a sonnet?
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