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What's that poem?
Randomness
100
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is Metaphor
100
"Death stands above me, whispering low..."
What is "Death Stands Above Me"
100
This day is known a Khaki Day.
What is Wednesday
200
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
What is Personification
200
"Let him be nine-lived and contradictory..."
What is "Curiosity"
200
Tokyo is this countries capital city.
What is Japan
300
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
What is Symbolism
300
"Let us walk in the white snow in a soundless space..."
What is "Velvet Shoes"
300
This is South Americas largest lake.
What is Lake Titicaca
400
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
What is Allegory
400
"I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."
What is "The Road Not Taken"
400
I was born in 1874, and have received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. My last name sounds pretty cool!
Who is Robert Frost
500
The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant.
What is Metonymy
500
"rosebud..."
What is "A White Rose"
500
I was born in Northhamptonshire, and died in 1700. My last name is also the name of an Ontario city.
Who is John Dryden
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