Form
What country does the Haiku form originate from?
Japan
What is a "paragraph" or distinct group of lines in a poem called?
Stanza
Who wrote 154 sonnets notoriously addressed to figures such as the "Dark Lady" and the "Fair Youth"
William Shakespeare
What acclaimed children's author and poet spent much of his career as a cartoonist for Playboy, and also wrote songs for the 1960s folk scene? Famous works from this author include "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "Falling Up"
Shel Silverstein
Metrophobia is the fear of poetry while _______ is the compulsion to write poetry.
Metromania
What is one format for a lune?
5/3/5 Syllables
3/5/3 Words
What is enjambment?
The continuation of a line or phrase from one line of poetry to another.
Existing fragments of Aristotle's Poetics described the three genres of poetry. Name one of the forms that were outlined.
The epic, the comic, and the tragic.
Which poet wrote famous works including: "The Raven", "Annabel Lee", and "The Haunted Palace"
Edgar Allen Poe
Lord Byron (1788-1824) had a pet _________.
Bear
A mournful poem especially a funeral song that laments the dead is called?
An elegy
What is a visual (or other sensory) picture used to render a description more vivid and immediate?
Imagery
Which ancient Greek poet wrote well-known pieces like "Illiad" and "Odyssey"?
Homer
Whose presidential inaugural speech was Amanda Gorman asked to perform at?
President Joe Biden (2021)
The world's shortest poem is a one-letter poem by Aram Saroyan. The meaning of the poem is uncertain, though some scholars describe it as a "closeup of a letter being born." It is simply a four-legged version of what letter?
m
What defines free verse poetry?
There are no rules.
Give an example of a symbol that may be used in a poem and what it might suggest.
Objects: Red Rose - Love, Dove - Peace, Broken Mirror - Bad Luck
Colors: Black - Death, Purple - Royalty
William Blake collection “Songs of Innocence and of Experience” was initially published in two parts "Songs of Innocence" in 1789 and "Songs of Experience" in 1794 to show contrary states of the human soul. Perhaps the most notable pair to arise from the finalized collection is "The Lamb" and "_______"
The Tyger
What New England-born poet was famously prolific, having written nearly 1,800 poems, but had fewer than a dozen published during her lifetime? Famous poems include "Because I could not stop for Death" and "Tell all the truth but tell it slant."
Emily Dickinson
The Nobel Prize in Literature was granted to an American singer/songwriter instead of a traditionally recognized author in 2016. Who was the award given to?
Bob Dylan
How many lines are in a sonnet?
14
What are the three terms used to describe different repeating letter sounds?
Assonance, consonance, and alliteration
The Greek poet Sappho, born in the 630 BC was born on which island? The word “sapphic” derives from her name, while a different word with a similar meaning derives from the island where she was born.
Lesbos
Who wrote the poem "Perhaps the World Ends Here" after which our anthology is titled? This poet became the first Native American to hold the honorific U.S. government title of Poet Laureate
Joy Harjo
‘________’ is the term for a poetic slanging-match, where two poets assail each other in turn with streams of abusive verse.
Flyting