English II : Unit 9: Quiz 2: Poetic Meaning

Paradox

"Hot sun, cool fire"

Simile

"I wandered lonely as a cloud."

Personification

"Innocence is closing up his eyes."

Apostrophe

"My soul, sit thou a patient looker on."

Metaphor

"The Lord is my shepherd."

Metonymy

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

Hyperbole

"This soup is heavenly."

Tetrameter is a line composed of _____ feet per line.

4

A poem should have the same meaning for all readers.

False

Synecdoche is a type of irony.

False

The chief difference between poetry and prose is that poetry is rhymed.

False

A metaphor depends upon the connotations of words representing the things being compared.

True

Some symbols may be interpreted in more than one way.

True

The sound of a poem should echo its sense.

True

Trochee

a foot having one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable

Pentameter

a line of verse consisting of five feet

Sonnet

a poem having fourteen lines and a formal arrangement of rhymes, usually written in iambic pentameter

Ballad

a poem that tells a story

Quatrain

a stanza or poem with four lines, usually with alternate rhymes

Symbol

a thing that represents itself and something else

Onomatopoeia

a word imitates a sound

Paradox

apparent contradiction

A pause within a line of poetry is a(n) _____.

caesura

Hyperbole

exaggeration

The most common foot in English poetry is the _____.

iamb

Imagery

mental pictures created through descriptions which appeal to the senses

Metaphor

one thing is another

Simile

one thing is like another

Alliteration

repetition of initial consonant sounds

The technique of determining the use of meter in poem is called _____.

scansion

The phrase carpe diem literally means _____.

seize the day

A substitute foot with two accents is called a(n) _____.

spondee

Metonymy

use of one word in place of another word associated with it