Poetic Devices 1
Poetic Devices 2
Poetic Devices 3
Poetic Devices 4
Time Periods
100
The AABB rhyme scheme of the following lines is characteristic of which poetic device? "Bid me to weep, and I will weep // And having none, yet I will keep // While I have eyes to see; // A heart to weep for thee."
What is rhyme or [are] couplets?
100
What kind of rhyme is present in this line? "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary."
What is internal rhyme?
100
Which poetic device is most used in these lines? "Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day? // Thou art more lovely and more temperate."
What is a metaphor?
100
Which poetic device is used in this excerpt? "...tormenting itself in its invincible ignorance like a small bird beating about the cruel wires of a cage."
What is a simile?
100
This time period is characterized by strong religious values and by people who embraced death because they thought the afterlife was better than this one.
What is Puritanism?
200
The author of the following lines is using which poetic device to declare his love [hint: not personification]? "I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you // Till China and Africa meet, // And the river jumps over the mountain // And the salmon sing in the street, // I’ll love you till the ocean // Is folded and hung up to dry"
What is hyperbole?
200
What poetic device is being applied to the tree in the following lines [not imagery!]? "Loveliest of trees, the cherry now // Is hung with bloom along the bough, // And stands about the woodland ride// Wearing white for Eastertide."
What is personification?
200
Which poetic device is most used in this excerpt? “He saw nothing and heard nothing but he could feel his heart pounding and then he heard the clack on stone and the leaping, dropping clicks of a small rock falling.”
What is onomatopoeia?
200
a pause or break within a line of poetry is called...
What is a caesura?
200
This time period is characterized by studying the landscape of the mind, the supernatural, and what we can learn from the passing of others.
What is Gothicism?
300
The author of this poem tells about his favorite season using which poetic style? "Snow melting // Air warming // Trees coming to life // Flowers budding // Birds singing // Baseball season starting // Everything turning green // My favorite time of year"
What is a catalog?
300
The most obvious poetic device used in these lines is: “When the others went swimming my son said he was going in, too. He pulled his dripping trunks from the line where they had hung all through the shower and wrung them out. Languidly, and with no thought of going in, I watched him, his little body, skinny and bare, saw him wince slightly as he pulled up around his vitals the small, soggy, icy garment. As he buckled the swollen belt, suddenly my groin felt the chill of death.”
What is imagery?
300
Which poetic device is most used in this excerpt? “The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, // The furrow followed free; // We were the first that ever burst // Into that silent sea."
What is alliteration?
300
Which poetic device is most used in this excerpt? "Because I do not hope to turn again // Because I do not hope // Because I do not hope to turn…"
What is repetition or parallel structure?
300
This time period is characterized by a profound appreciation for nature and a "carpe diem" attitude.
What is Transcendentalism?
400
Which poetic device is most used in this excerpt? “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair."
What is parallel structure or repetition?
400
What device does the "stage" serve in these line [hint: not metaphor]? "All the world’s a stage, // And all the men and women merely players; // they have their exits and their entrances; // And one man in his time plays many parts."
What is symbolism?
400
Which poetic device(s) is/are most used in this excerpt [pay special attention to the "ess" "est" sound]? “I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless.”
What is assonance or consonance?
400
What is the mood of the following line? “The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.”
What is calm, peaceful, or serene?
400
This time period is characterized by poets who were passionate and embellished whatever they wrote about be it positive or negative.
What is Romanticism?
500
The author of this poem has written a ballad in what style of poetry? "Like a skein of loose silk blown against a wall // She walks by the railing of a path in Kensington Gardens, // And she is dying piece-meal // of a sort of emotional anemia. // And round about there is a rabble // Of the filthy, sturdy, unkillable infants of the very poor. // They shall inherit the earth."
What is free verse?
500
These lines from Romeo and Juliet are a perfect example of which poetic device [not simile]? “Go ask his name: if he be married. My grave is like to be my wedding bed.”
What is irony?
500
What do the TPCA of TPCASTT stand for? Explain what you do at each level.
What are title, paraphrase, connotation, and attitude?
500
What do the STT of TPCASTT stand for? Explain what you do at each level.
What are shifts, title, theme?
500
This time period is characterized by poets who were silent observers of their surroundings. They did not act, but rather they reflected on what they saw.
What is Realism?
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