Rhyme & Meter
Two rhyming lines make this
What is a Couplet?
Also known as "word order"
What is syntax?
This type of poem has no rules and no rhyme scheme
What is Free Verse?
He wrote about two roads diverging in a yellow wood
Who is Robert Frost?
William Blake wrote about this sharp-toothed animal
What is a Tyger?
This is the opposite of "iambic"
What is trochaic?
When as animal character walks and talks
What is anthropomorphism?
"Seize the Day" are the English words for this Latin phrase
Carpe Diem
Her poem begins with "Because I could not stop for death"
Who is Emily Dickinson?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote about nautical zombies in this lengthy poem
What is "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
This type of poem is made of an octave and a sestet
What is a sonnet?
A line by line analysis of a poem
What is explication?
Unrhymed Iambiac Pentameter
What is blank verse?
Walt Whitman's poetry is featured in the Robin Williams' movie.
What is "Dead Poets Society"?
This female Romantic wrote "The Goblin Market"
Who is Christina Rossetti?
"Iambic Pentameter" has this many syllables per line
What is ten?
A story that works on two or more levels
What is an allegory?
This means the sonnet's transition point
What is the volta?
She wrote the poem "And Still I Rise"
Who is Maya Angelou?
His wife wrote "Frankenstein" and his first and last name are this
Who is Percy Shelley?
This type of rhyme doesn't quite rhyme
What is slant rhyme? (It usually has assonance)
When contrasting ideas are placed together to highlight differences
What is antithesis?
A poem for the dead
What is an elegy?
This living poet wrote "The Best Cigarette"
Who is Billy Collins?
John Keats died of this disease
What is tuberculosis?