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