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Poetry Meters
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In Naomi Nye's poem, "Daily," what is the speaker describing?
Her daily life routine
100
By the end of Whitman's poem, "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," the speaker is doing what?
Outside observing the stars in silence
100
What is a cliche?
A worn-out phrase
100
An image is a word or phrase that does what?
Appeals to one of the senses.
100
A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable (DAH da)
A trochee
200
How many syllables are in a Haiku?
17 syllables
200
In "in Just," E. E. Cummings creates fresh images by doing what?
Combining words
200
What is the term for an image developed over several lines or throughout the entire poem?
An extended image
200
What is the term for something that suggests the comparison between two things by the use of a verb such as "is."
An implied metaphor
200
Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable (da da DAH)
An anapest
300
In Giovanni's poem, "Kidnap Poem," why does the speaker want to "kidnap" the reader?
She wants to take the reader into her world of poetry.
300
According to the poem, "The Seven Ages of Man," what is the second age of man?
The schoolboy
300
What is the term for a writer's choice of words?
Diction
300
What is the term for a writer's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience?
The tone
300
One stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables (DAH da da)
A dactyl
400
In "Fire and Ice," the implied metaphor compares what?
Desire to fire and hate to ice
400
Who is the hero that is described in the poem "American Hero," by Essex Hemphill?
A basketball player
400
What is the term for the pattern of rhymes in a poem?
A rhyme scheme
400
What is the term for when you repeat consonant sounds?
Alliteration
400
Two stressed syllables (DAH DAH)
A spondee
500
Dickinson's metaphor for hope in her poem "Hope" is...?
A small bird perched in the soul
500
What two things are contrasted in the poem "The Road Not Taken," that was written by Robert Frost?
Two roads (directions)
500
The line "I slam it through the net" is an example of what?
Onomatopoeia
500
The line "Does it dry up/ like a raisin in the sun?" is an example of what?
A simile
500
An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (da DAH)
An iamb