Poetic Forms
A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
The repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words, like "cat" and "hat."
What is rhyme?
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The one- or two-word subject of a poem, such as "love" or "nature."
What is the topic?
In the poem "Annabel Lee," what is the likely tone of the speaker?
What is mournful, obsessed, or heartbroken?
When a line in a poem runs into the next line without any punctuation.
What is enjambment?
What is the term for a word that sounds like what it describes, such as "buzz" or "hiss"?
What is onomatopoeia?
Giving human qualities or actions to non-human objects or ideas.
What is personification?
The narrator of the poem, who may or may not be the poet.
What is the speaker?
The entire poem "Hope is a thing with feathers" is a direct comparison between hope and a bird. What type of figurative language is this?
What is a metaphor?
What is the term for a line that ends with punctuation, creating a pause?
What is an end-stop?
The repetition of a consonant sound within or at the end of words.
What is consonance?
What is the term for a direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"?
What is a metaphor?
What is the speaker's attitude toward the subject of the poem?
What is the tone?
What is the central theme of "Hope is a thing with feathers"?
Hope is always present, even in the most difficult circumstances
The specific term for a four-line stanza.
What is a quatrain?
What is the repetition of a vowel sound in words that are close to one another?
What is assonance?
A phrase where the meaning is not what the individual words suggest, like "it's raining cats and dogs."
What is an idiom?
The central message or universal idea the poet is trying to convey.
What is the theme?
In the poem "A wise old owl lived in an oak," what is the difference between the topic and the theme?
The topic is an owl or wisdom, while the theme is that speaking less makes you wiser.
The specific term for a 7 line stanza
What is a septet?
What is the difference between rhythm and meter?
Rhythm is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, while meter is a specific, regular rhythm.
What is the figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, such as "jumbo shrimp"?
What is an oxymoron?
Explain the difference between the poet and the speaker in a poem.
The poet is the actual author of the poem, while the speaker is the narrator of the poem, who may or may not be the poet.
Compare and contrast the speaker's tone in "The Road Not Taken" and "Hope is a thing with feathers."
In "The Road Not Taken," the speaker's tone is pensive and reflective. The speaker is looking back on a choice and considering its implications. In "Hope is a thing with feathers," the speaker's tone is confident and reassuring. The speaker uses a metaphor to define a feeling and emphasizes its resilience and power.