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14 line poem
What is a sonnet
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A combination of words that produce a sound that is pleasant to the ear
What is euphony
100
A Comparison of two nouns that are unlike using like or as
What is a Simile
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Who is the writer of "La Belle Dame Sans Merci"?
Who is John Keats
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A formal division of lines in a poem considered a unit. Often separated by spaces, sometimes according to the number of lines found in them
What is a Stanza
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A long narrative poem about deeds of gods or heroes
What is an epic
200
The repetition of the first sound of several vowels
What is Alliteration
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Marking the stressed and unstressed syllables of a poem
What is Scanning, or to Scan
200
Who is the writer of "The Wind - tapped like a tired man"
Who is Emily Dickenson
200
This change occurs at the beginning of line 9 in the Italian Sonnet
What is the volta, or turn
300
3 line verse
What is a haiku
300
The use of words to imitate actual sounds
What is Onomatopoeia
300
Poetry with unrhymed iambic pentameter lines
What is Blank Verse
300
Who is the writer of "The Kraken"?
Who is Alfred Lord Tennyson
300
Give an example of a nonsense verse
What is "The Jabberwock"
400
A lyric poem that reveals a soul in action through conversation of one character in a dramatic situation
What is Dramatic Monologue
400
Using the natural rhythms of everyday speech
What is Free Verse
400
A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of paragraphs or lines in a poem
What is Extended Metaphor
400
Who is the writer of "Sonnet 18"?
Who is William Shakespeare
400
Name the formal names for stanzas with 2-8 lines
What is Couplet, Tercet, Quatrain, Cinquain, Sestet. Heptastich, and Octave
500
An elaborate lyric - language that is dignified and sincere - intellectual in tone
What is an Ode
500
The repetition of similar vowel sounds
What is Assonance
500
Poetry whose rhythm is based on the number of stressed syllables without regard to the number of unstressed syllables
What is Sprung Rhythm
500
Who is the writer of "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening"?
Who is Robert Frost
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A poem so written that the form of the printed words suggest the subject matter, the device is not common in English Poetry
What is Carmen Figuratum
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