Why?
Mixed Bag
Famous Poets
Poetry Forms
Elements
100
What is the purpose of this poem? Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
What is "To tell a story"
100
Find the rhyme scheme of the stanza below: 1. It was many and many a year ago, 2. In a kingdom by the sea, 3. That a maiden there lived whom you may know 4. By the name of ANNABEL LEE; 5. And this maiden she lived with no other thought 6. Than to love and be loved by me.
What is ababcd
100
Poet who is well known for the poetry collection entitled, "A Light in the Attic"
Who is Shel Silverstein
100
Form has no rhyme, but it has rhythm
What is blank verse
100
What are the following examples of? "free and easy" "make and grade" "slow and closing"
What is assonance
200
What is the purpose of this poem? How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Elizabeth Barret Browning
What is "To tell someone how much you love them"
200
Two types of writing in the English language
What is poetry and prose
200
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
Who is William Shakespeare
200
What is a Clerihew?
What is a four line stanza with a rhyme scheme of aabb
200
alliteration
What is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds of words
300
What is the purpose of this poem? In time of silver rain The earth Puts forth new life again, Green grasses grow And flowers lift their heads, And over all the plain The wonder spreads Of life, Langston Hughes
What is "Describes the power of spring rainfall"
300
A group of lines in a poem
What is a stanza
300
He wrote the poem "Jabberwocky" and the story "Alice in Wonderland"
Who is Lewis Carroll
300
What form of poetry is the poem below? "I'll tell a tale, a thrilling a tale of love beyond compare.... He was a rugged sailor man with eyes of deep-sea green, ..... So let this be a lesson, dear, and keep your heart safely hid......
What is a ballad
300
assonance
What is the repetition of vowel sounds within words
400
What is the purpose of this poem? O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, Walt Whitman
What is "To honor President Lincoln"
400
What is a three lined three lined stanza?
What is a tercet
400
A Children's Garden of Verse
Who is Robert Lewis Stevenson
400
A sonnet has how many lines?
What is 14 lines
400
Identify the rhyme scheme of: 1. Let America be America again. 2. Let it be the dream it used to be. 3. Let it be the pioneer on the plain 4. Seeking a home where he himself is free.
What is abab
500
What is the purpose of this poem? I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you - Nobody- Too? Then there's a pair of us? Don't tell! They'd advertise- you know? HOw dreary - to be - Somebody! HOw public - like a Frog- To tell one's name - the livelong June - To an admiring Bog! Emily Dickenson
What is "To express her attitude toward fame"
500
Generally speaking, what is iambic pentameter?
What is the rhythm of many poems
500
Well known for his free verse poetry. He hardly uses any punctuation. In fact, he hardly ever spells his name with capital letters.
Who is e.e. cummings
500
How is the section below concentrated language? All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players, They have their exits and entrances....
What is, "The stage represents life, and people are just playing a role and they live and die. The words mean much more than what they actually mean."
500
What a Shakespearean Sonnet always ends with
What is a couplet
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