Definitions
Types of Poetry
Analyze This
Technically Speaking
It's All Figurative
100
Words that sound alike.
What is rhyme?
100
A short, 3-line poem with syllables 5-7-5
What is haiku?
100
What is the subject of Dulce et Decorum est?
War.
100
A poem that makes us think of songs, expresses the feelings of the poet, and rhymes.
What is a lyric poem?
100
This is a reference to someone or something famous.
What is allusion?
200
The beat of the poem.
What is rhythm?
200
A short poem with a twist at the end.
What is an epigram?
200
What does Gwendolyn Brooks think about dropping out?
She thinks it's a bad idea.
200
A poem that is EXTREMELY long and tells the story of a hero.
What is an epic poem?
200
When non-human objects are given human characteristics.
What is personification?
300
How to say the line of poetry.
What is meter?
300
A poem with no set rules and does not rhyme.
What is free verse?
300
How does Shakespeare feel about his mistress?
He loves her despite her faults.
300
A short, humorous, nonsense poem.
What is a limerick?
300
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
400
Two lines of poetry that have the same end rhyme.
What is couplet?
400
A long, serious poem with a plot and characters.
What is an ode?
400
What is the author's tone of The Road Not Taken?
He feels that his path has been different.
400
Rhyming words inside a line of poetry.
What is internal rhyme?
400
An over exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
500
The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds of words.
What is alliteration?
500
A poem with 14 lines and a set structure.
What is a sonnet?
500
What is the main theme of the poem The Road Not Taken?
Making choices that may be different from others.
500
A poem that describes things using the five senses.
What is an imagery poem?
500
When you use the five senses.
What is imagery?
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