That Sad, Abandoned Farmhouse
Decide the Device
Deep Thoughts
Everyone Loves Shakespeare
Analysis
100
The consistant use of "says" and "say" in this poem is an example of this poetic device.
What is REPETITION?
100
A pattern of beats.
What is rhythm?
100
A comparison of two things using like or as.
What is a SIMILE?
100
"Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" is this special kind of poem.
What is a SONNET?
100
This is the imaginary voice you hear when you read a poem. It is the perspective from which the poem is written.
Who is the SPEAKER?
200
The fact that the lines do not rhyme or have a rhythm means that "Abandoned Farmhouse" is this type of poem.
What is FREE VERSE?
200
Song lyrics almost always use this device - it is usually found at the end of a line.
What is RHYME?
200
"A dream is a winged bird" is an example of this poetic device.
What is a METAPHOR?
200
This is the emotion expressed most clearly in "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?"
What is LOVE?
200
Emily Dickinson's "Heart! We will forget him!" is a poem about this subject.
What is HEARTBREAK? (Or, what is a BREAK UP?)
300
The lines "says the size of his shoes" and "still-sealed... in the cellar" are examples of this poetic device.
What is ALLITERATION?
300
Comic book and animal sounds are often examples of this poetic device.
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
300
This is the poetic device used when an author wants to appeal to the reader's senses.
What is IMAGERY?
300
"Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" is written in IAMBIC PENTAMETER, which is a special kind of this poetic device.
What is RHYTHM?
300
The extended metaphor in Langston Hughes' "Mother to Son" compares these two things.
What is LIFE and a STAIRCASE?
400
Nearly every line in this poem has an example of this poetic device, one that brings life to the objects of the house.
What is a PERSONIFICATION?
400
This poetic device is used to give humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects and animals.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
400
This is when an object can stand for itself or represent something else, often an idea or belief.
What is a SYMBOL?
400
This poetic device is found in the line "sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines".
What is METAPHOR? (Or, what is IMAGERY or SYMBOL?)
400
This line is a strong example of repetition, found at the end of Lucille Clifton's "Miss Rosie".
What is "I STAND UP"?
500
The abandoned farmhouse itself could be a ___________ for loneliness.
What is a SYMBOL? (Or, what is a METAPHOR?)
500
When an author references another text, it is called this type of poetic device.
What is ALLUSION?
500
Poetry is rarely literal, it is often this type of language.
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
500
This is the rhyme pattern of a Shakespearean sonnet.
What is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG?
500
In Dickinson's "Heart! We will forget him!" these two words may have more than one meaning.
What is WARMTH and LIGHT?
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