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The Highwayman
Poetry Analysis...
100
A pause in the meter of a verse line, that is used to show an important point or change.
What is a caesura?
100
A five lined, humourous poem which follows a pattern of 3 feet, 3 feet, 2 feet, 2 feet, 3 feet.
What is a limerick?
100
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
100
The form of poetry in which the Highwayman is written.
What is an epic ballad?
100
The rhyme structure of "Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night.
What is ABA, ABA?
200
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of neighbouring words.
What is alliteration?
200
A 14-lined poem with specific rhyme and rhythm.
What is a sonnet?
200
The basic rhythm structure of a verse, made up by a number of feet.
What is meter?
200
"The highwayman came riding--Riding--riding--" is an example of this poetic device.
What is imitative rhythm?
200
The rhythm of the word "consequence".
What is dactyl?
300
The repetition of consonant sounds in neighbouring words.
What is consonance?
300
A poem that uses its words and structure to create a picture.
What is a concrete poem?
300
A line of poetry with six feet of rhythm.
What is a hexameter?
300
The title of "The Highwayman" is an example of this poetic device.
What is an allusion?
300
The rhythm of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". "Whose woods these are I think I know".
What is iambic tetrameter?
400
An implied comparison using only a verb.
What is a verbal metaphor?
400
A poem with no rhyme, rhythm, or set structure.
What is a free verse poem?
400
A poem that is made up of stanzas that each contain two rhyming lines.
What is rhyming couplet?
400
The number of stanzas in "The Highwayman".
What is 17 stanzas?
400
A poetic device in "A Minor Bird": "I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day; Have clapped my hands at him from the door When it seemed as if I could bear no more. The fault muse partly have been in men. The bird was not to blame for his key. And of course there must be something wrong In wanted to silence any song.
What is alliteration, metaphor, pun, or allusion?
500
An example of this poetic device is "I've told you a thousand times - clean your room!"
What is a hyperbole?
500
A poem that tells a long story using rhyme, rhythm, action, and often romantic language.
What is an epic ballad?
500
A "turn" near the end of a sonnet.
What is a volta?
500
The rhyme structure of "The Highwayman".
What is AABCCB?
500
The importance of the title "Dolce et Decorum est".
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