26 May 2017 Quiz

Question 1

I could grow very still... Like an old stone on a hill

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personification

Question 2

An endless quiet valley spreads out... Past the blue hills into the evening sky

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hyperbole

Question 3

If the last word of a poem's line has the same end-sound as another line, it is called...

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rhyme

Question 4

When you compare using... is or are is called...

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metaphor

Question 5

Your kiss lies on my face Like the first snow... Upon a summer place.

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simile

Question 6

Over me bright April... Shakes out her rain-drenched hair

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personification

Question 7

Your beauty was a web of frail delight.

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metaphor

Question 8

"She sells seashells by the seashore."

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alliteration

Question 9

This poetic device uses, as and like to compare.

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simile

Question 10

angels in the architecture

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alliteration

Question 11

By the lakes that thus outspread... Their sad waters, sad and chilly (ID)

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personification

Question 12

That night from a dingy hotel room, I saw the moon, like a golden gong, Redly loom...

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simile

Question 13

She soothed her secret sorrow

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alliteration

Question 14

How many lines are in a Sonnet?

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14

Question 15

Which technique is being used? Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed

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simile

Question 16

What's it called when objects have human traits (like a person)?

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personification

Question 17

strong as an ox

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simile

Question 18

In poetry we call a paragraph a...

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stanza

Question 19

"You are my sunshine."

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metaphor

Question 20

But on this line alone, the poet has toiled a million years or more.

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hyperbole

Question 21

The repetition of vowel sounds within words

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Assonance

Question 22

The little Road says, Go,The little House says, Stay

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personification

Question 23

The glorious Lamp of Heaven, the Sun,

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metaphor

Question 24

When the wind is low, and the sea is soft, And the far heat-lightning plays

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personification

Question 25

In poetry, what do you call the lines grouped together like a paragraph in writing?

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a stanza

Question 26

Women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.

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alliteration

Question 27

The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words is called...

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alliteration

Question 28

“It shushes/ It hushes/ The loudness in the road.”

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Onomatopoeia

Question 29

All poems MUST rhyme...

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False

Question 30

And the dish ran away with the spoon.

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personification

Question 31

Which technique? When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears

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personification

Question 32

My heart is but a haughty snail!

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metaphor

Question 33

Now that I am without you, all is desolate; All that was once so beautiful is dead.

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hyperbole

Question 34

His pigtail is long and thick... Like a pump-handle stuck on the end of a stick.

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simile

Question 35

I’m losing more than I ever had; I feel sad

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neither

Question 36

poor boys and pilgrims with families, they are going to Graceland

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both

Question 37

The leaves are little yellow fish / swimming in the river. (ID)

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metaphor

Question 38

What is theme?

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the message

Question 39

When many words in a poem start with the same sound is called...

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alliteration

Question 40

close bosomed by the co-conspiring sun

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both

Question 41

I do not care to talk to you although / Your speech evokes a thousand sympathies (Identify)

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hyperbole

Question 42

What is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet?

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abab cdcd efef gg

Question 43

What do you call a person who writes poetry?

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A poet

Question 44

Fame is a bee. / It has a song -- / It has a sting -- (ID)

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personification

Question 45

The sun was shining on the sea, / Shining with all his might (Identify)

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personification

Question 46

Death will wait until you come.

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personification

Question 47

How sweet the sobbing violin!

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personification

Question 48

My heart is a little painted poem.

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metaphor

Question 49

the leaping light for your delight discovers

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both

Question 50

Poems do not have to follow punctuation rules

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True

Question 51

Words that sound like the sounds in a poem is called....

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onomatopoeia

Question 52

spinning in infinity

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assonance

Question 53

When we give human characteristics to something non human, we call it ...

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personification

Question 54

A comparison which uses the words 'like' or 'as' is called a...

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simile

Question 55

Swim like a fish.

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simile

Question 56

What are the last two lines of a Sonnet called?

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couplet

Question 57

season of mist and mellow fruitfulness

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alliteration

Question 58

The old clock down in the parlor / Like a sleepless mourner grieves (Name Two)

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simile, personification

Question 59

Splat is...

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onomatopoeia

Question 60

A direct comparison that does NOT use the words 'like' or 'as' is called...

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metaphor

Question 61

Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.

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simile

Question 62

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or syllables

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Alliteration

Question 63

thou watchest the last oozings, hours by hours

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assonance

Question 64

Old heartbreaks are old wine. Too new to pour is mine.

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metaphor

26 May 2017 Quiz

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26 May 2017 Quiz

Questions 70