What is the main theme of "William Street"?
Beauty of Nature
Intense beauty of city life
The horror of war
Value of money
Which historical period influences "William Street"?
The Victorian Era
The Great Depression
World War 1
Postmodern Era
How does the speaker view the neon lights of William Street?
Lovely
Ugly
Dull
Dangerous
What is described as resembling "hung men" in William Street?
Empty trousers in pawn-shop windows
Old street signs
The drunks on the street
The neon lights
What kind of imagery is primarily used in the first stanza of William Street?
Visual
Olfactory
Tactile
Auditory
Which word best describes the rhyme scheme in WIlliam Street?
AABB
ABBA
ABCD
ABAC
Which type of meter is primarily used in “William Street”?
Anapestic trimeter
Iambic pentameter
Dactylic hexameter
Trochaic tetrameter
In which literary device does a word repeat at the end of one clause and the beginning of the next?
Epanalepsis
Anadiplosis
Anaphora
Epistrophe
What is the definition of 'antithesis'?
A form of understatement for comedic effect
A series of clauses without conjunctions
A figure of speech that juxtaposes two contrasting ideas
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
Which device involves attributing human characteristics to animals or objects?
Apostrophe
Anthropomorphism
Allusion
Irony
What is a 'cliché' in literature?
The repetition of the same sound at the end of words
A phrase or idea that is overused and lacks originality
A type of poem with a specific rhyme scheme
A form of irony that involves understatement
Which term refers to a pause within a line of poetry, usually indicated by punctuation?
Enjambment
End-Stopped Line
Refrain
Caesura
What is 'synecdoche'?
A figure of speech where a part represents the whole or vice
A form of irony where the speaker says the opposite of what
A type of poem with 14 lines
A form of alliteration that repeats consonant sounds
What is a 'bildungsroman'?
A type of narrative that focuses on the protagonist's growth
A poem that mourns the death of someone
Unsolvable conflict suddenly resolved by an external force
Where an absent or imaginary person is addressed
What is a 'conceit' in literature?
A fanciful and elaborate metaphor
A brief story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson
A poetic form that lacks rhyme or meter
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
