Poetry Quiz Terms and The Cremation of Sam McGee

Question 1

Fig. Lang: He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 2

What sound device is "guess" and "request" (end words line 19 and 20)

Accepted Answer

near rhyme

Question 3

Fig Lang: "And the heavens scowled..."

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 4

Fig. Lang: And the dogs were fed and the stars o'erhead were dancing heel to toe.

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 5

Who is the speaker of the poem?

Accepted Answer

Cap

Question 6

What do we call the first and last stanza since they repeat?

Accepted Answer

Refrain

Question 7

What do we call the type of ending that opens and closes in the same way?

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full circle

Question 8

Fig Lang: He turned to me, and "Cap," says he, "I'll cash in this trip, I guess."

Accepted Answer

idiom

Question 9

Fig. Lang: He was always cold but the land of gold seemed to hold him

Accepted Answer

personifcation

Question 10

What sound device: ... where the cotton blooms and blows

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 11

Sound device: He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell

Accepted Answer

Internal Rhyme

Question 12

Fig Lang: Now a promise made is a debt unpaid...

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 13

What is the point of view of the poem?

Accepted Answer

first

Questions 13