Name that Poem/Poet
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
and sorry I could not travel both
and be one traveler, long I stood,
and looked down one as far as I could
to where it bent into the undergrowth;"
"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
Who is your favorite contemporary poet?
Elena Herman.
What is the structure of a haiku?
3 lines with syllables counts of 5, 7, and 5.
Who wrote the play "Hamlet"?
William Shakespeare.
Name five poets.
good job.
"But o heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red!
Where on the deck my captain lies,
fallen cold and dead."
"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
Poets Allen Ginsburg and Jack Kerouac were called "____ poets"
Beat poets
What is a couplet?
What movement was Henry David Thoreau apart of?
Transcendentalism
What is an onomatopoeia?
When words are employed to imitate sounds associated with what they describe.
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, / Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore- / While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, / As of someone gently rapping, rapping on my chamber door..."
"The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe
"Milk and Honey"
"The Sun and her Flowers"
"Home Body"
"Healthing Through Words"
How many lines in a Limerick?
Five!
Which lady poet lived on the island of Lesbos and famously wrote about her attraction to other women?
Sappho
What is the fear of poetry called?
metrophobia
"Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
"Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas
What color did Pablo Neruda write all his poems in?
Green.
How many stanzas are in a sestina?
Six.
What book genre did Edgar Allen Poe invent?
Detective genre.
What kind of animal was Lord Byron's unusual pet?
a bear.
"You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air..."
"Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou
Who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature?
Jon Fosse.
What are the two parts of a Petrarchan sonnet?
The octave and the sestet.
Name 10 of Shakespeare's literary works.
good job!
What is the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" written about in an extended metaphor?
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln.