Poetry

A simple description of poetry is a condensed and concentrated form of literature, saying the most in the _________ number of words.

fewest

Metaphor

makes a comparison without using "like" or "as".

Epitaph

short inscription that might be on a gravestone

Personification

a figure of speech that applies human characteristics to nonhuman objects.

Couplet

a pair of rhyming lines

Rhythm

a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Which poetic device is evident in the bolded words from "The Love of Christ Which Passeth Knowledge?" Who else had dared for thee what I have dared?I plunged the depth most deep from bliss above;

alliteration

Reading a poem ________ will also help one understand a poem's meaning since one can hear the rhythm and the sounds of the words.

aloud

Which best describes the tone of "What Does the Donkey Bray About"?

curious

In the following line, which element of figurative language is present, a simile or a metaphor? You are my sunshine.

metaphor

Rhyme

recurring sounds at the end of the last word in two or more lines of poetry.

In the first stanza of "A Birthday," every other line begins with "My Heart...". The sound of these lines might remind us of a heartbeat. My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me. What is the name of this poetic device?

repetition

Which poetic device is evident at the end of the following lines in "Up-Hill?" Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend.

rhyme

Limerick

short, funny poem

In the following lines, which element of figurative language is present, a simile or a metaphor? A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And HE LOOKED LIKE A PEDDLER just opening his pack.

simile

What poetic device is used in the following lines? My heart is like a singing bird My heart is like an apple-tree My heart is like a rainbow shell

simile

In "Up-Hill," the "road" that Rossetti follows is a concrete image that may stand for a larger idea. This idea could be a longer journey. Rossetti takes-the journey of life-where she is given rest in the midst of dark times and encouraged by others who have gone before her. The imagery of a road represents something more than itself. What is the literary term for this?

symbol

Repetition

the repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis.

In the second stanza of "A Birthday," Rossetti describes the vivid dais she wants to decorate to celebrate the return of her love. Her descriptive language engages the reader's sense of sight as she paints a mental image. What is the name for this poetic device? Raise me a dais of silk and down; Hang it with vair and purple dyes; Carve it in doves and pomegranates, And peacocks with a hundred eyes; Work it in gold and silver grapes, In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys; Because the birthday of my life Is come, my love is come to me.

imagery

Consider again this stanza from "The Love of Christ Which Passeth Knowledge:" A thief upon My right hand and My left; Six hours alone, athirst, in misery: At length in death one smote My heart and cleft A hiding-place for thee. On the cross, Christ is struck to the heart—"in death one smote my heart"—and as a result, He "cleft a hiding-place for thee." "Cleft" is the past tense form of the verb "cleave." One definition of "cleave" in the American Heritage Dictionary is "to make or accomplish by cutting, such as cleave a path through the ice." When Christ's heart was struck by death, the gap provided a "hiding place" for His children. His heart is not a literal hiding place, but the protection and care He gives His children is likened to a "hiding place." A comparison is made to a hiding place without using "like" or "as." What is the name of this literary device?

metaphor

Onomatopoeia

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

Haiku

Ancient Japanese form of poetry

"The Love of Christ Which Passeth Knowledge" is told in first person point of view. We see the repetition of the first person pronoun "I." Consider again the following stanza: I bore thee on My shoulders and rejoiced:Men only marked upon My shoulders borneThe branding cross; and shouted hungry-voiced,Or wagged their heads in scorn. Who is the speaker of this poem?

Christ the Savior

Which poetic device is on display by the words in bold in the first stanza of "What Does the Donkey Bray About" below? What does the donkey bray about? What does the pig grunt through his snout? What does the goose mean by a hiss? Oh, Nurse, if you can tell me this, I'll give you such a kiss.

Onomatopia

Quatrain

a stanza containing four lines

Symbol

a word or object that represents something else.

Another name for a narrative poem is a...

ballad

Poems that tell a story are called ________ poems.

narrative

Imagery

representing language through the senses.

Simile

uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.

Alliteration

when the first letter (or sound) of nearby words is the same.