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Figures Of Speech In Poetry ExtractsSet 1

1James, Liam, and Sophia are studying a poem in their literature class. How does the mood of this poem affect their interpretation?

2The dominant poetic form in Absalom and Achitophel is:

3Read the following excerpt from Shel Silverstein's poem "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and answer the question.And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the peppermint wind.What is the tone of Shel Silverstein's poem "Where the Sidewalk Ends"?

4What makes a passage blank verse?

5What is a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that sets the overall rhythm of certain poems whose basic unit is the foot?

6As we know, not all poems rhyme, but what is our strategy to identify a rhyming poem?

7The Petrarchan Sonnet has

8Which term describes a formal lyric poem that addresses and often celebrates someone or something?

9According to Shakespeare infancy is ..... stage of human life.

10Dreams, by Langston HughesHold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.What is the mood?

11In Frost's Mending Wall, the speaker jokes the gaps might be made by

12His poetic style is associated with Walt Whitman's one. Name the poet: .....

13The life lesson/message of the poem

14POETRYThe specific words in a poem help determine .....

15A Verse is:

16Based on the guidance, which would be the best focus for a ninth-grade ode assignment?

17Anne Bradstreet's "Prologue" self-positions as a woman with what instrument?

18A line of three metrical feet

19What is it called when a line ends so a new line can begin?

20In Sonnet 129, "Mad in pursuit and in possession so" balances which two states?

21Poetry rich in musical devices

22A short, emotionally expressive poem that focuses on the speaker's feelings and emotions is called a .....

23In a traditional line of metered poetry, it is the rhythmical unit bearing the strong and weak syllables.

24Which line contains a trochaic meter?

25What is a verse in poetry?

26What form of poetry does Shakespeare use in this passage from Act II of The Tragedy of Romeoand Juliet?"My name, dear saint, is hateful to myselfBecause it is an enemy to thee."

27In Shakespeare's plays, a soliloquy is:

28What is the main theme of the poem 'After the Winter' by Claude McKay?

29What literary device uses hints or clues to suggest what will happen next?

30Robert Frost's poetic style is considered to be:

31"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." who utters these words?

32The beat and pace of a poem and is created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

33In "The Wanderer," the phrase grave's embrace in the line: "one a grieving earl Sadly gave to the grave's embrace" is an example of which structural element typical of Anglo-Saxon lyrics?

34A group of lines arranged together in a poem is a/an .....

35Which of the following poets ends his sonnets with a couplet?

36What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?There once was a big brown catthat liked to eat a lot of mice.He got all round and fatbecause they tasted so nice.

37To which of the following poets does the phrase "Willing Suspension of Disbelief" apply?

38What does Banquo say about the motives of the "instruments of darkness" or the witches?

39What is the rhyming pattern of this poem?

40In "Preface to Lyrical Ballads", Wordsworth's emphasis on nature and emotion is characteristic of:

41There is another sky,Ever serene and fair,And there is another sunshine,Though it be darkness there;Never mind faded forests, Austin,Never mind silent fields-Here is a little forest,Whose leaf is ever green;Here is a brighter garden,Where not a frost has been;In its unfading flowersI hear the bright bee hum:Prithee, my brother,Into my garden come!

42The overlapping voices and literary sources in The Waste Land create:

43A type of poem that tells a story, often a tragic event, famous legend, courageous act, or great love.

44"Parson's Pleasure": 'We don't have any. You are wasting your time.' Who says this?

45What uses rhythm, rhyme, and meter?

46Which poem by William Ernest Henleyanswers the question; Do humans control their ownlives?

47What is the RHYME SCHEME of this poem? ..... Roses are red, We have the FLU.I can't smell anything And neither can YOU

48What form of poetry did Robert Browning perfect?

49Frost's "Mending Wall" counters the proverb "Good fences make good neighbours" with what retort?

50"Lines taken from Angelou via Dunbar" : The caged bird's "bars of rage" in Angelou's intertext most closely denote

51Which line from Kubla Khan suggests the power of poetic imagination?

52A poem that often uses the voice of a narrator, and has a plot, characters, and tells a story is called .....

53Select the best option.A ..... is a collection of spoken or written words that expresses ideas or emotions in a powerfully vivid and imaginative style.

54A pattern of strong beats in speech or writing, especially in poetry

55A humorous (funny) 5-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme.

56Which of these poems is a haiku?

57The compounding of multiple figures of speech.

58Which of these lines from a poem uses a rhyme scheme?

59The end of a line of poetry that coincides with the end of a thought.

60What is a concrete poem?

61"There was a young lady of station 'I love man' was her sole exclamation; But when men cried: 'You flatter,' She replied, 'Oh! no matter Isle of Man is the true explanation." '. What rhyme scheme is applied in the poem?