LUOA LA Module 5 Poetry

Another name for a narrative poem

Ballad

a pair of rhyming lines

Couplet

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

Curious

Short inscription on a gravestone

Epitaph

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

Short, funny poem

Limerick

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

a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry

Meter

Which poetic device in 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, l'll give you such a kiss.

Onomatopoeia

a line of poetry containing five feet

Pentameter

a stanza containing four lines

Quatrain

a repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song, typically at the end of each verse

Refrain

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. The sounds emphasize the meaning of the words. 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

the rhyming pattern in a poem (as ABAB CDCD etc.)

Rhyme Scheme

AABBA

Rhyme scheme of limericks

the rhythmic pattern in which unstressed + stressed syllables alternate

Rhythm rule

a 14-line poem made up of 3 quatrains and 1 couplet

Shakespearean Sonnet

a syllable pronounced with more emphasis

Stressed syllable

5-7-5

Syllable arrangements of haiku

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

a syllable pronounced with less emphasis

Unstressed syllable

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

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

fewest

ancient Japanese form of poetry

haiku

__________________is representing language through the senses.

imagery

A _______________ compares two things without using like or as; instead, another word is substituted for the literal term.

metaphor

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

metaphor

Poems that tell a story are

narrative

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

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

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

simile

"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

the length of a line, as determined by the number of feet

Foot

one measure of a rhythmic pattern; combined to form lines

Iambic