4 May 2017 Sonnets Review

Question 1

How might you paraphrase lines 9–11 of“Ode on Solitude”?

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If you are healthy for any period of time, you're fortunate

Question 2

On The Grasshopper.../...Solitude: The speakers in both poems seem to have

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close connections to their surroundings

Question 3

Twinkle, twinkle little star How I wonder where you are

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rhyme

Question 4

spinning in infinity

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assonance

Question 5

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

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both

Question 6

Which word describes the speaker’s attitude toward bees in “It’s all I have to bring today—”?

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appreciative

Question 7

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

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alliteration

Question 8

The speaker in “We Alone” equates feathers, shells, and stones to gold by suggesting that

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all are rare

Question 9

In “On the Grasshopper and Cricket,” the sleepy human might mistake the cricket’s song for

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the return of grasshoppers in springtime

Question 10

What is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet?

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abab cdcd efef gg

Question 11

In the poem “On the Grasshopper and Cricket” portrays the grasshopper’s life as one of...

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amusement and ease

Question 12

And the dish ran away with the spoon.

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personification

Question 13

In “On the Grasshopper and Cricket,” you would identify the pattern of rhyme in lines 9–14 as

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defdef

Question 14

Poems do not have to follow punctuation rules

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True

Question 15

In “Ode on Solitude,” how does the speaker hope to remain unknown even after he dies?

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His gravesite will have no identifying marker.

Question 16

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 17

Swim like a fish.

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simile

Question 18

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

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simile

Question 19

Based on its description, the speaker in “Ode on Solitude” most likely lives

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on a sprawling farm

Question 20

thou watchest the last oozings, hours by hours

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assonance

Question 21

the swaying sound of the sea

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assonance

Question 22

What is theme?

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the message

Question 23

Reread lines 1–4 of “We Alone.” What does the speaker suggest to the reader?

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He has the power to change things

Question 24

What are the last two lines of a Sonnet called?

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couplet

Question 25

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

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simile

Question 26

season of mist and mellow fruitfulness

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alliteration

Question 27

strong as an ox

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simile

Question 28

What do you call a person who writes poetry?

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A poet

Question 29

What does line 2 of “It’s all I have to bring today—” suggest that the speaker can give?

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love

Question 30

Women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.

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alliteration

Question 31

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

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Alliteration

Question 32

What might “the poetry of earth” mean in lines 1 & 9 of “On the Grasshopper and Cricket”?

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the natural world

Question 33

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

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alliteration

Question 34

Haikus have to have the following syllable count...

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5-7-5

Question 35

The speaker’s statements in “It’s all I have to bring today—” make you think of a

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countryside

Question 36

In poetry we call a paragraph a...

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stanza

Question 37

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

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neither

Question 38

stand stable here, and silent be

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alliteration

Question 39

In lines 14–17 of “We Alone,” what is the speaker trying to convince others to do?

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change their values

Question 40

"You are my sunshine."

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metaphor

Question 41

"She sells seashells by the seashore."

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alliteration

Question 42

Where are the items listed in lines 11–12of “We Alone” most likely to be found?

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at the beach

Question 43

A Haiku is a poem which originally comes from...

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Japan

Question 44

What personal thought does the speakerexpress in lines 1–4 of the lyric poem“Ode on Solitude”?

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It is easy to be content when you want little.

Question 45

How many lines are in a Sonnet?

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14

Question 46

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

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Onomatopoeia

Question 47

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

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metaphor

Question 48

Haikus were originally poems about...

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nature

Question 49

close bosomed by the co-conspiring sun

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both

Question 50

All poems MUST rhyme...

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False

Question 51

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

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metaphor

Question 52

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

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personification

Question 53

You know that the speaker in “It’s all I have to bring today—” values nature because she

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lists elements of nature as part of anoffering

Question 54

The repetition of vowel sounds within words

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Assonance

Question 55

To help express that people should find value in common things, both poems give examples from

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nature

Question 56

the leaping light for your delight discovers

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both

Question 57

Splat is...

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onomatopoeia

Question 58

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

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a stanza

Question 59

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

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personification

Question 60

What is the effect of capitalizing “Bees”and “Clover” in “It’s all I have to bring today—”?

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draw attention to small parts of nature

Question 61

angels in the architecture

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alliteration

Question 62

In the poem “On the Grasshopper andCricket,” what do the birds do to escapethe hot sun?

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take cover in the shady trees

Question 63

This poetic device uses, as and like to compare.

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simile

Question 64

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

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onomatopoeia

4 May 2017 Sonnets Review

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4 May 2017 Sonnets Review

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