poetry quiz
A simple description of poetry is a condensed and concentrated form of literature, saying the most in the _________ number of words.
fewest
__________ is representing language through the senses.
imagery
In the following line, what element of figurative language is present, a simile or a metaphor?
metaphor
What poetic device is italicized 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
similie
Which musical element has the following characteristic? -The first letter of nearby words is the same.
alliteration
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
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.
Onomatopoeia
Which poetic device is evident in the bolded words following lines 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
"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 borne The branding cross; and shouted hungry-voiced, Or wagged their heads in scorn. Who is the speaker of this poem?
christ the savior
A _________ compares two things without using like or as; instead, another word is substituted for the literal term.
metaphor
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
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
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.
metaphor
In the following lines, what 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
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
