This term refers to a single, related "chunk" of lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
100
The repetition of the same initial sounds in a number of words near each other, as in "She sells sea shells by the sea shore."
What is alliteration?
100
This clue is easy as pie, for example.
What is simile?
100
A.A. Milne's charming poem about spring flowers, "Daffodowndilly," exhibits this poetic device when the flowers "curtsy up and down."
What is personification?
100
In Lewis Carrol's "Jabberwocky," readers find characters (very brave!) and plot (condenced but intense!), which indicate that the poem is a ___ poem.
What is narrative?
200
This term refers to the "narrator" of a poem--sometimes the poet, oftentimes not.
What is the speaker?
200
The term for a word that sounds like its meaning, as in "buzz," "murmur," or "sizzle."
What is onomatopoeia?
200
When a writer compares two unalike things without using "like" or "as," the writer is using this poetic device, which may be contained in a single line or may be extended throughout a poem.
What is metaphor?
200
A sound effect at the end of these lines lightens the tone of the poem about a problematic feline:
Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Paw--
For he's the master criminal who can defy the Law.
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair:
For when they reach the scene of crime--Macavity's not there!
What is rhyme?
200
When Emily Dickinson ponders about how "we never know how high we are," we see her inner thoughts and reflections on a single topic, indicating that this poem is a ___ poem.
What is lyric?
300
This is a type of poetry that consists of 17 syllables split into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, repsectively. It is an ancient Japanese form of poetry that often deals with nature.
What is Haiku?
300
When two or more words share the same final vowel sound and every sound after that, those words are said to do this.
What is rhyme?
300
This clever device gives human qualities to objects, animals, or intangible things.
What is personification?
300
In "The Bells," Edgar Allen Poe chimes in with the word "bells" dozens of times, using this poetic device to echo part of the poem's meaning.
What is repetition?
300
When a poet carefully chooses the most perfect word for the intended image or sound, the poet is said to pay close attention to the poem's ___.
What is diction?
400
This term refers to the shape of the poem on the page, or to the set of rules a poem follows.
What is form?
400
The repetition of vowel sounds throughout a poem is known as this.
What is assonance?
400
The literary device that assigns more than the literal meaning to an item, circumstance, or event: the lightbulb means "lightbulb," but it also means "idea."
What is symbolism?
400
The actual, literal subject that the poet wishes to comment upon, especially in a metaphor, is known as this.
What is tenor?
400
These lines from TS Elliot's poem "Preludes," exhibit a fine example of this poetic device--one that allows a reader to picture what the writer writes:
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
And now a gusty shower wraps
The grimy scraps
Of withered leaves about your feet
What is imagery?
500
When something other than rhyme or meter determines the sound of a poem, that poem is said to be written in this form, which may include irregular rhythms and surprising rhymes.
What is free verse?
500
When a poet writes a single word several times in the same poem, that poet is using this poetic device in order to increase the poem's musical qualities and to emphasize a certain idea.
What is repetition?
500
The image that pulls the weight of the comparison in a metaphor is knows as the metaphor's ___; it gets the metaphor there.
What is the vehicle?
500
William Stafford tells us once, twice, three times, in his poem "Fifteen," that, "I was fifteen." This repeated phrase is a great example of this poetic device.
What is refrain?
500
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem is known as this, which also occurs in music. (Who could ask for anything more?)