Poetry Terms Quiz 403 (20 MCQs)

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1. Poems do not have a message or theme
2. Change in the movement or tone of a poem resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained by the speaker, a character, or the reader
3. What is this an example of? I made my way to the lake.
4. Choose the definition for:mood
5. The author's attitude toward the subject
6. The pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables of words in a sequence.
7. "I lie down by the side of my bride" contains
8. I'm so tired, I could sleep for 100 years!
9. When it comes, the landscape listens, Shadows hold their breath. (Emily Dickinson, "A Certain Slant of Light" )
10. What type of poetry is this the definition for?An unrhymed Japanese poem, delicate in feel and usually about nature; composed of three lines of five, seven, and five syllables (17 syllables total)
11. "Hope is the thing with feathers / that perches in the soul" is an example of a .....
12. Repetition of an initial phrase
13. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance/comparison between things using like or as
14. Character, place, thing, or event that stands for something else, often an abstract idea
15. What is:a word that sounds like it is spelled?
16. A fourteen line poem with a specific scheme. The poem is written in three quatrains (4 lines) and ends with a couplet (2 lines). The rhyme scheme is abab, cdcd, efef, gg
17. A figure of speech in which an animal or an object is given human or lifelike qualities
18. Poetry that tells a story in verse; often have similar elements to those in a short story (plot, characters, setting)
19. An elaborate and extended simile or metaphor that links two apparently unrelated fields in an unusual way is known as Metaphysical Conceit.
20. The "paragraphing" or arrangement of the lines of a poem