When a poet deliberately writes a line that can be interpreted in more than one way it is referred to as this.
What is ambiguous?
100
The number of people in the carriage in "Because I could not stop for Death."
What is three?
200
The married couple who raised Poe.
Who are John and Francis Allan?
200
One of Whitman's "nicknames"
What is the Father of Free Verse, the American Bard, or the Gray Poet?
200
The reason for Dickinson's becoming a recluse.
What is no one knows for sure.
200
A rhyme involving a word in the middle of the line of poetry with a word at the end of the same line or the middle of the next line is called this.
What is internal?
200
In "Because I could not stop for Death," he is described as kind and civil.
What is death?
300
Poe's aunt
Who is Maria Poe Clemm?
300
One of Whitman's other careers.
What is carpenter, contractor, teacher, or printer?
300
The name of the kidney disorder Dickinson suffered from.
What is Bright's Disease?
300
Poetry written using language that is used in everyday speech is written in this.
What is the vernacular?
300
The "revolving eyes" of the slave in "Song of Myself #10" indicate this emotion.
What is fear?
400
The city in which Poe died.
What is Baltimore?
400
Whitman's personality
What is sociable, theatrical, egotistical, artistic, energetic?
400
Dickinson wrote approximately this many poems.
What is 2,000?
400
The speaker in Dickinson's poem "If you were coming in the Fall" says that the most difficult part of her lover being gone is not the length of time but this.
What is the uncertainty?
400
The theme of "A Sight in the Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim"
What is that a civil war in which brother kills brother is so against the teachings of Christ that it is like He is being crucified again?
500
Three types of short stories written by Poe
What are psychological fiction, detective stories, and gothic stories?
500
"Limpsy" is an example of this
What is made-up words?
500
The color of Dickinson's dresses for most of her adult life.
What is white?
500
The most unusual thing about the speaker in Dickinson's poem "Because I could not stop for Death" is this.