The Pen Is Mightier
This poet is very famous for his sonnets. In fact, he was so famous that the entire style was named after him.
Who is William Shakespeare?
What kind of poetic device occurs here?
"Adrelaline burst, distrub the nerves"
What is assonance? (repeated 'ure' vowel sound)
In Emily Dickinson's "Because I could not stop for death, HE kindly stopped for me", what poetic device is shown?
What is personification?
Concerning lines of poetry, the symbols ABAB refer to what in particular?
What is rhyme scheme?
This poet wrote a poem about two roads that diverge in the woods during Autumn.
Who is Robert Frost?
"The stars throwing their spears from the heavens
the clouds raining tears of sorrow..."
This line is an example of which poetic device?
What is personification?
In Frost's "The Road Not Taken", what do the 'two roads diverging' represent?
What is a difficult decision / life choices?
This is an example of what type of rhyme?
"To whom nor art nor nature granteth light,
To lay his then mark-wanting shafts of sight."
What is a perfect rhyme?
What is the tiger (Tyger)?
DOUBLE! Which poetic device is this? Get it right and get DOUBLE points.
"The big, beautiful bee buzzed the bushman before the burlesque show. Believe me, we were all bedazzled!"
What is alliteration?
"This City now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare."
Wordsworth uses these lines as a metaphor to describe what?
What is a sunrise?
"You started to run, so I did the same
Now my breath's looking like a steam engine train"
This imperfect rhyme is created by the sound resulting form which poetic device?
What is assonance?
This poem style originated in Japan. It consists of 3 lines that follow a 5 / 7 / 5 syllable structure.
What is Haiku?
Name the poetic device: "The crack in the shark tank tricked anxious workers".
What is consonance? (repeated 'c-k' sound)
"Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?"
William Blake describes the mysterious tiger in this poem, but the major symbolism represented by the lines above indicate the author is referring to what?
What is God / the creator?
Edgar Allan Poe used this type of rhyme a lot. What is it called?
1. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I wandered weak and weary,
2. Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—"
What is an internal rhyme?
Final Jeopardy (this is the last question at the end of the game)
Make your bets!
Only teams with positive points can bet up to their total score. If you have 200, you can bet 0 to 200 points.
Category: poetic term
ALL OR NOTHING: you can bet up to 500 points extra. Win and get the amount wagered. Incorrect answers lose all points wagered. This author is famous for having written nearly 1,000 poems while living in self-isolation. One of her most famous begins:
"Because I could not stop for death-
HE kindly stopped for me-"
Who is Emily Dickinson?
What is the name of the poetic device when a line continues to run into the next line?
'Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love...'
What is enjambment?
William Wadsworth Longfellow used these words to symbolize what?
'My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.'
What is aging / dying?
This structure is common in traditional poetry. What do you call this rhyme structure example from Shakespeare's most famous sonnet?
“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date”
What is end rhyme?
What is the word for the poetic device that stresses a specific word at the beginning of several lines of poetry for a point of emphasis?
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting...
What is anaphora?