Lines of Poetry
This poem has a "splash of happiness."
What is "The Kingfisher?"
The poetic device at work in the line, "I wandered lonely as a cloud.:
What is a simile?
For a woman who didn't get out much, her poems have traveled far and wide -
Who is Emily Dickinson?
The Romantics loved writing about it. So did Mary Oliver.
What is nature?
In this poem a person is reduced to an Ear.
What is "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain?"
He said, "Oh sir, she smiled, no doubt,\Whene'er I passed her; but who passed without\Much the same smile?"
Who is the murderous Duke of "My Last Duchess."
The name given to these two lines of poetry:
"If equal affection cannot be,\Let the more loving one be me."
What is a rhyming couplet?
He wrote "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud."
Who is William Wordsworth
It begins, "From my mother's sleep I fell into the State," but its theme is the violence of war, not home.
What is "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner."
In this poem the speaker considers itself "the eye of a little god."
What is "Mirror?"
This line repeats in this poem: "When all is over and you march for home."
What is "Spoils?"
There are two major poetic devices at work in these four lines of poetry.
It makes and even Face
Of Mountain, and of Plain -
Unbroken Forehead from the East
Unto the East again -
What are imagery and personification?
Her mother had a couple of names. One of them was Grace.
Who is Franny Choi?
The theme is belonging -- to oneself, as much as to any country.
What is "Choi Jeong Min?"
The end of these lines of poetry:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
.........
What is, "Which is the bliss of solitude?"
Is sultry day still followed there by sultry dusk, sultry night?
What (or where) is "Eden?"
The name given to a 14 line poem with a rhyme scheme ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG. Be specific!
What is a Shakesperean sonnet?
He is often thought as a poetic descendant of Wordsworth. We know him as the creator of a sonnet about an ancient king. Name the poem and the poet!
Who is Percy Blythe Shelley and his sonett "Ozymandias?"
The theme may be abut OUR romantic expectations. The speakers are three atypical archetypes.
What is "Not my Best Side."
Finish these lines of poetry:
he swing back
over the bright sea to do the same thing, to do it
(as.....
What is "I long to do something, anything) perfect?"
He says, "My horse is the latest model, with\Automatic transmission and built-in\Obsolescence."
Who is the Knight in "Not My Best Side."
The overarching metaphor in the poem "Eden."
What is the government/country of South Africa?
He wrote two poems in our packet. One was "The More Loving One."
Who is W.H. Auden?
It's written in romantic couplets, but the theme is not romantic.
What is "My Last Duchess?"
Finish this poem:
"Round the decay\Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare..."
What is "The lone and level sands stretch far away?"