Eng. II Poetry Review

EXAMPLE: The bees buzzed the river gurgled, and the wind whispered.

words which imitate the sound they refer to: Zap, Boom, Pow

which of these is NOT usually a purpose of poetry?

a poem that has 14 lines and a strict rhythm/meter

a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

a set of 2 related lines

a writer's distinctive "sound" or way of "speaking" on the page

poetry that has no set rhyme or meter

In "I hear America singing," Walt Whitman has what kind of attitude toward the occupations?

the repetition of vowel sounds within neighboring words

What is the example of anaphora in "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening"

the structure of rhythm in a poem

EXAMPLE: "Lazy days, daisies lay / Beaming and dreaming"

an author's attitude about a subject

a set of 4 related lines

poetry that tells a story

an author's word choice

EXAMPLE: "Do not cast your pearls, before swine"

EXAMPLE: "All the world's a stage."

a poem about loss (usually of a person)

deliberate exaggeration

anything that stands for anything else (a concrete object that represents an abstract idea)

In "I, Too," what does Hughes say will happen tomorrow?

comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as

a poem that praises someone or something

a group of related lines in a poem, a poetry paragraph

EXAMPLE: "He clasps, the crag /, with crooked hands"

the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words

a song or poem that tells a story

EXAMPLE: "And then my heart with pleasure fills / And dances with the daffodils."

a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem

poetry that uses fancy language and focuses on deep, personal feelings

the use of any element of language (word, phrase, clause, etc.) more than once

"Abandoned Farmhouse" contains many examples of what two devices?

comparison of two unlike things using like or as

What is the extended metaphor in "Mother to Son"

a rhyme within a line

the imaginary "voice" assumed by the writer of a poem, the person talking in a poem

technique in which a nonliving thing is given human characteristics