Analysis of Poetry

Question 1

Which device is NOT seen in the line: I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.[Mirror]

Accepted Answer

enjambement

Question 2

Masculine rhyme is:

Accepted Answer

rhyming of a final stressed (accented syllable) (confess)

Question 3

Which of the following consonsants is a plosive

Accepted Answer

b

Question 4

Soft texture words are produced by the following sounds:

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glides, nasals, sibilants, fricatives

Question 5

A clean rasping sound [Digging] is an example of (2 answers)

Accepted Answer

onomatopoeia, auditory image

Question 6

An oxymoron differs from a paradox in that

Accepted Answer

it only consists of two words, paradox have more, it consists of two contradictory terms with little sense

Question 7

A limmerik is a

Accepted Answer

cinquain

Question 8

Which of the following is not a sibillant:

Accepted Answer

f

Question 9

Identify the device in the following line: Over his shoulder, digging down anddown [Digging]

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 10

Harsh texture words are produced by te following sounds:

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plosives, sibilants, fricatives

Question 11

Point out the literary device: Now I am a lake. [Mirror]

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metaphor

Question 12

What is the name of the device used when saying the exact opposite of what you mean

Accepted Answer

litote

Question 13

What is the correct spelling:

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Rhyme and Rhythm

Question 14

the effect of iambs in poetry is that they denote

Accepted Answer

thoughtfulness

Question 15

Imagery that appeals to smell is called

Accepted Answer

olfactory

Question 16

What is the name of a stanza that has 3 verses

Accepted Answer

tercet

Question 17

A stanza of 4 lines is called a

Accepted Answer

quatrain

Question 18

When an author uses a part of an object to represent the whole of it, we talk about a

Accepted Answer

synechdochy

Question 19

Which of the following poetic forms is a lyric poem that mourns the dead:

Accepted Answer

elegy

Question 20

Villanelle is a poetic form with

Accepted Answer

19 lines

Question 21

Identify the main meter: I am silver and exact [Mirror]

Accepted Answer

trochae

Question 22

How many lines are there in haiku?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 23

The effect of traochaic meter in poetry is that it denotes:

Accepted Answer

urgency

Question 24

Identify the meter: The eye can hardly pick them out [At Grass]

Accepted Answer

iambic tetrameter

Question 25

The meter of verses constisting of 6 feet

Accepted Answer

usually totals 12 syllables, is called hexameter

Analysis of Poetry

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Analysis of Poetry

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