Honors English Poetry Test

Publication date of Sonnet 18

1609

Publication date of To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

1648

Publication date of Love and Friendship

1846

Publication date of Sea Fever

1902

Publication date of I Shall Forget You Presently, My Dear

1920

Publication date of Mother to Son

1922

Publication date of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

1923

Publication date of The Red Wheelbarrow

1923

Publication date of This is Just to Say

1934

Publication date of Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

1951

Publication date of We Real Cool

1959

Publication date of One Art

1977

Publication date of Facebook Sonnet

2011

Villanelle

A French verse form consisting of five three-line stanzas and a final quatrain, with the first and third lines of the first stanza repeating alternately in the following stanzas. These two refrain lines form the final couplet in the quatrain. Rhyme Scheme: ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA

End-Stopped

A line of poetry ending at a grammatical boundary or break—such as a dash or closing parenthesis or with punctuation such as a colon, a semicolon, or a period. A line is considered end-stopped, too, if it contains a complete phrase.

Iamb

A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The words "unite" and "provide" are both iambic. It is the most common meter of poetry in English, as it is closest to the rhythms of English speech.

In Stopping By woods On A Snowy Evening what is the end of the poem about

commitment and the need to. move on

Genre of To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

Carpe Diem

Enjambment

The running-over of a sentence or phrase from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation; the opposite of end-stopped.

Poetic Form

The structure of a poem including the length of lines, rhythm, rhyme, etc. Some forms are familiar and commonly used by various poets. Examples: sonnet, villanelle, ballad, etc.

central topic of Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Death

Which poems are a villanelle

Do not Go Gentle Into That Good Night One art

Author of Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Dylan Thomas

Author of I Shall Forget You Presently, My Dear

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Author of One Art

Elizabeth Bishop

Author of Love and Friendship

Emily Brontë

Author of We Real Cool

Gwendolyn Brooks

Which poems are Shakespearean Sonnets

I shall forget you presently my dear sonnest 18

How is sounds used in Sea Fever

It was used to make atmosphere of where he is

Author of Sea Fever

John Masefield

Who were the poet lordiet

John Masefield- Elizabeth Bishop William Carlos Williams- Robert Frost Gwendolyn Brooks

Author of Mother to Son

Langston Hughes

Rhythm

an audible pattern in the beat of a poem or verse

Octave

an eight-line stanza, typically rhyming

Symbol

any object, person, place, or action that has both a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself: a quality, attitude, belief, or value.

Author of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Robert Frost

Author of To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

Robert Herrick

Author of Facebook Sonnet

Sherman Alexie

Meter

The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.

Sound devices

are stylistic techniques that convey meaning through sound. Some examples of sound devices are rhyme, assonance, consonance, alliteration, and onomatopoeia. (See the separate definitions.)

Figures of Speech

are words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else. They always involve some sort of imaginative comparison between things. Not meant to be taken literally, figurative language is used to produce images in a reader's mind and to express ideas in fresh, vivid, and imaginative ways. The most common types are simile, metaphor, and personification.

Author of The Red Wheelbarrow

William Carlos Williams

Author of This is Just to Say

William Carlos Williams

Author of Sonnet 18

William Shakespeare

Simile

a comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of words "like" or "as."

Metaphor

a comparison of two unlike things not using "like" or "as" such as "Time is money."

Apostrophe

a form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present and the inanimate, as if animate. These are all addressed directly. Ex. "Milton! Thou shoulds't be living at this hour."

Quatrain

a four-line stanza, typically rhyming

Stanza

a grouping of lines in a poem

Personification

a kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics such as "The wind cried in the dark."

Iambic Pentameter

a line of verse consisting of five iambs; a pattern of five stressed and five unstressed syllables.

Ballad

a narrative poem that imitates a centuries-old practice of telling stories or folk tales in song

Pun

a play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings. Puns can have serious as well as humorous uses. In Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio has been stabbed and lies bleeding when he says, "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man."

Allusion

a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing. Ex. "George had met his Waterloo."

Sestet

a six line stanza, typically rhyming

Sonnet

a specific poetic form containing 14 lines of verse, a fixed rhyme scheme, a typically a fixed meter; there are many types of sonnets; sonnet is derived from a word that means "little song"

Repetition

a technique where the writer deliberately uses any element of language more than once for effect—words, phrases, sentences, grammatical patterns, or rhythmical patterns.

Shakespearean Sonnet

a type of sonnet containing 14 lines and ending with a rhyming couplet, which acts as the conclusion. The rhyme scheme is ABABCDCDEFEFGG. They are typically written in iambic pentameter. They may consist of three quatrains and a concluding couplet or an octave and a sestet.

Why is the poem Mother to son universal

because it is advice given from parent to child, older people pass on wisdom

Imagism

free verse poem and were devoted to clarity of expression through the use of visual images. They use the language of common speech. Presents a clear image, direct treatment of the topic, use of precise language, language of common speech, and the use of free verse

Words that give Imagery in the Red Wheelbarrow

glazed red white

Who is the audience of Do not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

his father

Why did John Masefield wright this poem

inspired by life as a merchant seaman

Slant rhyme

is approximate rhyme, the words don't exactly rhyme but are close

Rhyme scheme

is the pattern of the ending lines, usually designated by alphabet letters such as ABBA, CDDC, etc.

theme of sea fever

mans relationship with nature

information about Robert Frost

won the Pulitzer prize 4 times wrote poems about rural life born in San Francisco- 1874 dislikes free verse received over 40 honorary degrees

What does Virgin represent in the To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time poem

young unmarried women

Free Verse

nonmetrical unrhymed lines of poetry

End rhyme

occurs at the ends of the lines

Extended Metaphor

occurs when an author extends or sustains a metaphor through multiple lines of poetry

Internal rhyme

occurs within the lines

Theme of To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

prosper while you are young/value time

Shift/turn

refers to a change or movement in a piece resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained by the speaker, a character, or the reader. Look for the words "But..." "Yet..." "However, ..." "Surprisingly, ..."

Tone of I shall Forget you presently, My dear

resigned

I shall Forget you presently, My dear main idea

romantic lov never lasts

What does Write it mean in the One art poem

she is forcing herself to do something

theme of This is just to say

temptation

Syntax

the arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence.

Mood

the atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work.

Foot

the basic unit of measurement of a poem's meter, usually made up of at least one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllables

Theme

the central message of a literary work. This is NOT the same as the subject of a work. This is a universal truth that the author of the work wishes to convey to his audience. It is a statement about life or human nature. Some works may present several themes that are rarely directly stated. This is what the writer wants the readers to consider, work out for themselves. At the end of Oedipus the King, one theme that readers may infer is that too much pride can lead to one's downfall. Not only does the character realize this, but the lesson can be applied to life even today.

Theme of facebook sonnet

the dangers of social media

What time period was This is Just to Say set during

the great depression

Alliteration

the practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sound. Ex. "The twisting trout twinkled below the surface."

Consonance

the repetition of a consonant sound within a series of words to produce a harmonious effect. Ex. "And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds." The d and the s are in consonance.

Rhyme

the repetition of end sounds in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other in a poem. Several types include the following:

Assonance

the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words. Ex. The words "cry" and "side" have the same vowel sound, so they are said to be in assonance.

Narration

the telling of a story in writing or speaking.

Imagery

the use of words or phrases by a writer to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the reader's senses: sight, sound, taste, smell, touch

Style

the writer's characteristic manner of writing: his use of language in his/her particular manner.

Tone

the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience, and is conveyed through the author's choice of words and detail. Tone can be serious, humorous, sarcastic, sympathetic, indignant, objective, remorseful, celebratory, etc.

Info about Dylan Thomas

welch poet

Information on Robert Frost

won the Pulitzer prize 4 times