Structure of Poems
The structure of "On His Blindness"? (be specific)
Shakespearean sonnet
The main theme of "The Silken Tent"
What is "the tension between freedom and responsibility"?
The difference between metaphor and simile
What does Toby symbolize in the drama "The Bear"?
What is "Popova's attachment to her deceased husband"
What is the introduction (i.e., setting and characters) of the drama "Antigone"?
Antigone and her sister Ismene are talking outside of the city gates about the death of their brothers Polynices and Eteocles and how Antigone is determined to give Polynices a proper burial
Two characteristics of the structure "La Belle Dame Sans Merci"
What is rhymed quatrains? What is tells a short story and may contain dialogue?
A poem with the theme "perception vs. reality"
What is "O What is that Sound," "La Belle Dame Sans Merci," or "The Red Wheelbarrow"
Definition of alliteration and an example from a poem
What is "repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning of words"? What is "...never until the mankind making / bird beast and flower"?
What does the moon symbolize in the drama "The Rising of the Moon"?
What is "Irish independence from the British"?
What is the inciting incident in "The Rising of the Moon"?
When the Ragged Man appears at the quay and the Sergeant begins to talk with him, wondering who this person is.
The poem that is written in free verse
"The Red Wheelbarrow"
Two themes of "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
What is "the inevitability of death"? What is "honouring the poor in death"?
Definition of onomatopoeia and an example from a poem
What is "a word that sounds like the sound it describes"? What is "...the lowing herd"? What is "bleat...twitter"?
What effect does the moon play in "Moon of the Caribees?
What is "it creates a melancholy tone throughout the play"?
What is the climax of "The Bear"?
When Smirnov asks Popova to marry him
A type of poem written in praise of a person, place, thing, or idea
What is an ode?
Two themes of "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London"?
What is "death of the innocent"? What is "the cycle of life"?
Definition of allusion and an example from a poem
What is "a reference to a well-known text or person"? What is "...and that one talent which is death to hide" (an allusion to "The Parable of the Talents" in the Bible)
What does the Young Man symbolize in the drama "The Sandbox"?
The Angel of Death
What is the resolution of the drama "The Rising of the Moon"?
Smitty is sitting on the ship "The Glencarin" by himself, in the light of the moon, listening to the melancholy music, feeling hopeless
Three characteristics of the structure of the poems "Paradise Lost" or "Rape of the Lock."
Epics a long, narrative poem about a hero's actions. They start with an invocation of the muse. There may be a great battle or a great journey as well.
What is "pride and ambition"? What is "free will vs. predestination"? What is "obedience and disobedience"? What is "redemption and hope"?
Definition of enjambment and an example of a poem that uses this literary device
What does the sandbox symbolize in the drama "The Sandbox"?
What is "literally it represents the place where Mommy and Daddy dumped Grandpa. It also can represent how Mommy and Daddy treat Grandma, i.e. like a child."
What is the resolution of the play "Antigone"?
Creon is left with the deaths of all of those around him (Antigone, Haemon, Eurydice), and accepts his resonsibility in great sadness