Summaries
In this poem, people are excited to hear about the good news!
"How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix"
This author married Elizabeth Barrett Browning, another famous poet.
Robert Browning
Conversation between characters is called:
Dialogue
How were ballads initially intended to be presented?
Through song or recitation
What is punctuation at the end of a poetic line called?
Endstop
"The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver"
This author wrote "The Highwayman" in two days.
Alfred Noyes
Refrains
"Common form" in ballads has what kind of rhyme scheme?
ABCB
What is an intentional lack of punctuation at the end of a poetic line called?
Enjambment
November 1st is an important date in this poem.
"The Deacon's Masterpiece"
This author spoke six languages.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
A short narrative story is called:
Ballad
"Common form" ballads have how many lines in a stanza?
Four (Quatrain)
What was the name of the ship in the first ballad we watched in class?
Edmund Fitzgerald
We learn that home is more about the people who care about you than the place you grew up.
"The Death of the Hired Man"
This author won four Pulitzers for poetry and later became the US's best-known poet.
Robert Frost
Groups of repeated lines frequently containing the same meter and rhyme scheme are called:
Stanzas
How many lines in a sestet?
Six
What mental condition did the king of Portugal have after the great earthquake?
PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
Tim causes trouble in this poem.
"The Highwayman"
This author was known as "Mr. Boston" for his lively and attractive personality.
Oliver Wendall Holmes
The earliest type of ballad, anonymous, and generally sung is called:
Folk ballad
10 syllables (5 feet) of unstressed/stressed pairs
Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote about a famous ship in another one of his poems. What was the name of the ship?
U.S.S. Constitution ("Old Ironsides")