Poetry Unit Test Review

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. The _____ of a poem may be fast or slow.

This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.

Which of these is an example of a metaphor?

Who wrote the poem, "The Raven"

The attitude the poem’s narrator takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.

A type of rhyme with words that have similar, but not identical sounds

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.

In Shakespeare's "The Seven Ages of Man," he compares all the world to what?

A word that sounds like what it means. Ex: buzz, click, bang, sizzle

The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text. Ex: “Ivan will try to light the fire.

What what the theme of Walt Whitman's, "Oh Me, Oh Life"

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”

A story/narrative in poetic form.

The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text. A worm named Maurice took the garden by storm

The author’s specific word choice

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”

Arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.

A style of poetry that is typically about nature and utilizes 3 lines with syllable counts of 5, 7, and 5 respectively

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader

A single line of poetry.