Figurative Language Terms
When a poet repeats the same phrase or word over and over for emphasis, this technique is called ____.
What is repetition
This poet was famous for invoking the spirit of patriotism and American identity.
Who is Walt Whitman
The traditional topic of haiku is...
What is nature
In the line: "the ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won" Whitman is referencing a "ship" which actually symbolizes...
What is America (the people of the country)
Haiku originated in this country.
What is Japan
When an author makes a comparison without using like or as (my heart is an ocean), this is called a _____.
What is metaphor
In his poem "Introduction to Poetry" Billy Collins writes from the perspective of an individual in this profession.
What is a teacher
Walt Whitman's poem "O Captain! My Captain!" is written about this American president.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
"I am silver and exact" is a line from the poem "Mirror" written by this poet.
Who is Sylvia Plath
Verse that has no rhyme scheme is also known as ________________.
What is free verse (or blank verse)
Two rhyming lines that appear within a poem, consecutively (one after the next) is known as a _____________.
What is couplet
This poet wrote poems about race, feminism and empowerment.
Maya Angelou
What is 5-7-5
The "bludgeonings of chance" in the poem "Invictus" is an example of this poetic device.
What is personification
Poets use this type of imagery when they refer to texture or touch.
What is tactile?
When poets use words that have similar sounds within the words, one after another, this is called _________.
What is assonance
William Earnest Henley wrote the poem "Invictus" after this medical hardship.
What is he had his leg amputated
"ABAB" or "CDCD" is an example of mapping a poem's ________ _________.
What is rhyme scheme
When Henley refers to religious imagery, such as the "gates" of Heaven, this can be referred to as this literary device.
What is allusion
A shift in the poem when the meaning changes, also known as a "turn".
What is Volta
When one line of a poem flows right into another, and there is no pause or stop, this is called ________.
What is enjambment
The tone of many of Sylvia Plath's poems is ____________.
What is (sad, melancholy, serious, contemplative)
Haiku originated around what year?
What is 1600.
"And in me an old woman rises toward her day after day, like a terrible __________"
What is fish
An Ode is written in memory of someone who is still alive. A poem, like "O Captain, My Captain" that is written in memory of someone who has died is called a(n) ___________.
What is Elegy