English Midterm

Where did Lucile Clifton’s “Blessing of the boats” literally take place?

The subject of all talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic

Narrative poem

A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable

A character that acts as a contrast to another character

Parody

At what time was our speaker “struck” in “Variation on a Theme by Rilke”?

A four lined poem is called a couplet

An imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice is a Utopia

A place of ideal well-being, as a practical aspiration

What is “Possibility” in Emily Dickinson’s poem “I dwell in Possibility”?

What element is not mentioned in Lucile Clifton’s “Blessing the boats”?

How were Emily Dickinson’s poems titled?

Emotional state of mind or atmosphere in the story

Detailed examination of the elements or structure of something

What religion was Emily Dickinson?

A literary device that uses vivid description that appeals to the reader’s senses to create an image/idea in their head

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

Personification is a figure of speech in which a person is given human attributes

Stanza

Incongruous means out of place

A statement that seems contradictory but it actually true

statement in which the speaker’s words are incongruous with the speaker’s intent is verbal irony

What literally hit our speaker in the shoulder in “Variation on a Theme by Rilke”?

Why does the house in “I dwell in Possibility” have an “everlasting roof”?

Something that is passed down through generations

Allusion

What figuratively struck Levertov’s shoulder in “Variation on a Theme by Rilke”?

14 line poem written in iambic pentameter is a sonnet

A brief statement or account of the main points of something is a summary

What does the speaker in “Blessing of the boats” want to kiss hoping that it will love her back?

Any writing that is not poetry