Poetry Basics
Poems are made up of these.
What are lines?
Comparing using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
A poem that addresses something not present.
What is an apostrophe poem?
It is evident from the clouds that it will rain.
What is obvious?
A poem can have more than one of these.
What are stanzas?
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
A stanza with 4 lines.
What is a quatrain?
This means regret
What is "rue"?
What rhyme scheme is:
“A Bird, came down the Walk-
He did not know I saw-
He bit an Angle worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw,"
What is ABCB?
A comparison without “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
A 19-line poem with repeating lines.
What is a villanelle?
The audience was transfixed by the singer's amazing voice.
What is staring or held motionless?
What word is repeated in “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” What is this called?
What is “When”? What is 'anaphora'
What type of figurative language compares worms to hurtful words?
What is an implied metaphor?
Why use parallel structure?
What is to show similarities/differences?
This is a type of tree that can grow very big and be very old.
What is a copper beech?
Why does the author repeat “When”?
What is to emphasize what the speaker experienced?
Why do authors use allusion?
What is to draw a connection?
Identify: “wore that yard like a dress”
What is a metaphor?
This word means magical
What is "mystical"?