Emily Dickinson
What time period was Emily Dickinson alive for?
1800's or Victorian Era
What kind of poems did Shakespeare make famous or popular?
Sonnets
Which poetic device is characterized by the repetition of initial consonant sounds in closely positioned word?
An Alliteration
How many syllables does a typical Shakespearean sonnet have?
10 syllables
The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem is known as..
Rhyme Scheme
Why was Emily so weird?
She was scared of the outside and she always stayed inside / She was obsessed with death
Where did Shakespeare live?
England / Stratford-upon-Avon
What is a combination of contradictory or opposite words called?
An Oxymoron
What is a couplet? Where is it located at in a sonnet or poem?
A couplet is a pair of rhyming words found at the end of a sonnet or poem.
What is a group of lines in a poem called? Sometimes poems have 1 or more than 1
A stanza
What was unique about Emily Dickinson poetry?
Extra 200 if you can name all 3 reasons.
She used dashes, capital letters, and often wrote about death, nature, or religion
In a typical Shakespearean sonnet, how many lines make up the couplet?
2 Lines
What is the term for a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art?
An Allusion
What is the typical rhyme scheme of a sonnet?
Extra 100 if you can provide both.
ABAB , CDCD , EFEF , GG or an alternating rhyme scheme
What poetic device involves repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas
Repetition
In Emily Dickinson's poem "I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -", the fly symbolizes, what?
The insignificance of death
What kind of themes did Shakespeare typically explore?
Love, beauty, and the passage of time
What is an extended metaphor?
Extra 100 points for providing an example of an extended metaphor
A metaphor that lasts for several lines or throughout an entire poem. One example of an extended metaphor is Emily Dickinson's poems "Because I could not stop for Death" and "I heard a Fly - Buzz when I died"
What is the theme of the two sonnets we have worked with?
Love, appreciation, and admiration
An author uses words like joyous, effervescent, and exalted what might be the mood the author is trying to create?
A happy, excited mood.
Explain how both poems we covered are similar to each other. "Because I could not Stop for Death and I heard a Fly -- Buzz when I died"
They are both about death, they both have figurative language, 1st person POV, and and personification of death
Name a famous Shakespeare play
Extra 100 points if you can name 2 plays.
Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, or Mcbeth
What is the difference between tone and mood in poetry?
Tone is the words the author uses to describe and mood is the emotion that is felt when reading the words.
Translate the following lines in modern english
"Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom"
"Real love doesn’t change as time passes. It stays strong, even until the very end.
True or False The reason why people might write poetry is to express emotions, to tell a story, make a political statement, and grow their bank account
False