Poetry Terms Quiz 400 (20 MCQs)

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1. A poem that forms a picture of the topic
2. Prosody is
3. A group of lines in a poem, separated by space from other groups of lines, much like a paragraph in prose
4. A rhyme created by words within two or more lines of a verse.
5. If you read the line, "And now I laid me down to sleep, " the word "sleep" is most likely a reference to death. What is this an example of?
6. Define rhyme scheme.
7. A quatrain is..... lines
8. A couplet is .....
9. The comparison of two unlike things without using like or as
10. (Similar to a sentence in an essay)
11. An implied comparison between two dissimilar things that have something in common.
12. Words or phrases that mean something different from the literal meanings of the words
13. Poems requiring no pattern or structure
14. Last two lines in a sonnet
15. What type of figurative language is the following: "But still, like dust, I'll rise?"
16. Four-line stanza in a poem
17. Read the following line: "The clear water sparkled in the sunlight." To which of our five senses does this mostly appeal?
18. What is the purpose of a metaphor in poetry?
19. Which poetry term is being used in this example?If he forgets her birthday, he is a dead duck.
20. What is the term for the inexactness or uncertainty in a poem's meaning?