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.
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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
