"Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them ,Volleyed and thundered" uses which meter?
trochaic
sprung rhythm
iambic
free verse
This is an example of which form of poetry?
free verse
haiku
limerick
sonnet
e.e. cummings is the poet most commonly associated with:
haiku
sonnets
epic poetry
free verse
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
ABBAC
AABBA
ABABB
AABBC
"I walked as lonely as a cloud," is an example of ___________ written with an _______________ meter.
imagery; sprung rhythm
simile; iambic
metaphor; trochaic
alliteration; free verse
In addition to the English, or Shakespearean sonnet, there is another form of sonnet callled:
Greek
lyric
Italian or Petrarchan
epic
Poems that were traditionally sung with a lyre, to express emotion and imagery are called:
epic
free verse
lyric
narrative
"By losing the no-confidence vote, the Prime Minister met his Waterloo," is an example of:
assonance
an allusion
a simile
personification
"It's been a hard days night, and I've been working like a dog," is an example of a:
imagery
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
Poems that don't rhyme and follow no standard structure are called:
free verse
sonnets
limericks
lyric poems
Who wrote "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass?"
Robert Frost
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Edgar Allen Poe
"The flash of white feathers shone against green leaves and clear blue sky," is an example of:
metonymy
personification
pathetic fallacy
visual imagery
The Japanese poet most associated with haiku is:
Basho
Godzilla
Tojo
Dante
“By th’clock ’tis day,/ And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp; is’t night’s predominance, or the day’s shame, That darkness does the face of earth entomb/ When living light should kiss it?” is:
hyperbole
irony
alliteration
pathetic fallacy
What is a symbol?
an object that that represents an idea
an analogy
a percussion instrument
an allusion
Who wrote "The Raven?"
Edgar Allen Poe
Shakespeare
Yeats
Dickinson
Iambic pentameter puts the accent on the ______ syllable _______ times.
2nd; 4
2nd; 3
1st; 5
2nd; 5
Addressing something or someone who isn't there is called:
irony
dialogue
apostrophe
personfication
"Kicking the bucket," is a ___________________ that means ___________________.
imagery; to kick a bucket
idiom; to die
personification; to get angry
proverb; to forget
This is an example of:
paradox
oxymoron
irony
hyperbole
Scale is to fish as
hammer is to nail
tadpole is to frog
day is to night
note is to music
When Socrates said, "If I know one thing, it's that I know nothing," it was an example of:
hyperbole
metonymy
paradox
irony
"If I don't catch that bus, I'm gonna die!" is an example of:
imagery
irony
alliteration
hyperbole
When the President decided to authorize the use of force without seeking Congressional approval, she knew that she was crossing the Rubicon.
verbal analogy
historical allusion
pathetic fallacy
irony
Trochaic hexameter puts the stress on the _______ syllable _______ times per line.
1st; 8
1st; 6
2nd; 6
2nd; 4
The Odyssey is an example of which of the following:
a sonnet
an epic poem
a haiku
a lyric poem
“Not all those who wander are lost,” is one of Tolkien's most famous____________. Another is "Never laugh at live dragons."
proverbs
sonnets
similes
idioms
"It's raining cats and dogs," is an example of:
a proverb
an idiom
assonance
irony
"Hallelujah, I'm a Bum," is an example of:
paradox
iambic tetrameter
irony
metaphor
"Act naturally," is an example of:
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
hyperbole
assonance
Assonance is a repetition of:
nonsense words
sounds within words and syllables
sounds at the beginning of words
important lines and stanzas
"Life is like a box of chocolates—you never know what you're gonna get," is:
an oxymoron
a figurative analogy
an allusion
irony
Which term best captures the theme of "Pied Beauty?"
mortality--death is coming for everyone
patriotism--love of country
wabi sabi--beauty in irregularity
nostalgia--painful joy
Beowulf was written in which language?
Anglo-Saxon, or Old English
Greek
Latin
Arabic
"All hands on deck!" is an example of:
apostrophe
metonymy
synechdoche
allusion
"Half a league, half a league, half a league onward," is an example of:
onomatopoeia
pentameter
repetition
imagery
Which of the following is NOT an example of poetry?
song lyrics
essay
rap
sonnet
The Iliad and the Odyssey were "written" by this blind poet:
Milton
Homer
Yeats
Hopkins
A stanza with four lines is called a:
lyric
quatrain
trochee
haiku
"The White House made no statement on the matter," uses "White House" as:
metaphor
personification
synechdoche
metonymy
"For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings," is an example of ___________________ written by _____________________.
personification; Gerard Manley Hopkins
imagery; Basho
imagery; Shakespeare
imagery; Gerard Manley Hopkins
"Seven sad forests" is an example of:
irony
onomatopoeia
pathetic fallacy
allusion
Haiku poetry comes from which of these cultures?
Japan
England
Persia
Greece
The poet best known for a 14-line poem concluding in rhyming couplets is:
William Shakespeare
Edgar Allen Poe
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
The poet and writer, part of the Harlem Renaissance, who wrote the story "Thank you, Ma'am," was:
John Milton
e.e. cummings
Langston Hughes
Dante
"A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" is an example of:
alliteration
personification & anthropomorphism
oxymoron
simile
These are examples of what?
onomatopoeia
assonance
iambs
alliteration
“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players," is a:
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
irony
"Nine bean rows," is an example of:
imagery
alliteration
pathetic fallacy
assonance
Cat is to dog as:
day is to night.
comb is to hair.
feather is to bird
snake is to reptile.