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Alliteration

What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

100

"Fifteen flares inside those ocean eyes"

What is alliteration?

100

The singer of both "Ocean Eyes" and "everything i wanted"

Who is Billie Eilish?

100

"I got everything I ever wanted"

What is "everything i wanted" by Billie Eilish?

100

"Paint it Black" and "Color Effect"

What is color symbolism?

200

Stanza

What is a group of lines within a poem that are typically separated by a blank line or an indent?
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"I saw them standing right there

 Kinda thought they might care"

What is a perfect rhyme?

200

Both of these groups sang "Paint It Black".

Who is Ciara?

Who are the Rolling Stones?

200

"I give you a grin

 All I ever wanted was a

 Life in your shape"

What is "Strawberry Blonde" by Mitski?

200

"Poet, Soldier, King", and "You'll be Back"

What is being a king?

300

The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating adjacent consonants

What is assonance?

300

"I see a line of cars

 And they're all painted black

 With flowers and my love

 Both never to come back"

What is a stanza?

300

He wrote "Color Effect".

Who is William Henry Dawson?

300

"above the cricket's humble nest,

         under the blue sky

                  that loves us all."

What is "Doesn't Every Poet Write a Poem About Unrequited Love?" by Mary Oliver?

300

"Driver's License", "Doesn't Every Poet Write a Poem About Unrequited Love?", "You'll be Back", and "Strawberry Blonde".

What is unrequited love?

400

Provide an example of consonance

Meh :/

400

"For your love, for your praise"

What is consonance?

or

What is assonance?

400

She wrote the poem "Success is Counted Sweetest".

Who is Emily Dickinson?

400

"I could not foresee this thing"

What is "Paint it Black" by the Rolling Stones / Ciara?

400

"Ocean Eyes", "Strawberry Blonde", and "Doesn't Every Poet Write a Poem About Unrequited Love?"

What is nature as a symbol?

500

Give an example of an imperfect rhyme

Sure?

500

"Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"

What is the Roman God of the Dead and Ruler of the Underworld (Pluto)?

500

They wrote "Doesn't Every Poet Write a Poem About Unrequited Love?"

Who is Mary Oliver?

500

"So if i can't be close to you 

 I'll settle for the Ghost of you"

What is "Ghost" by Justin Bieber?

500

"Success is Counted Sweetest" and "Driver's License"

What is the theme of failure?