Poetry Quiz 31 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who wrote "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" ?
2. The beginning of the story; establishes setting, characters and tone.
3. Gothic settings are usually .....
4. This line most relates to which element of Romanticism?"And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils."
5. An exaggeration in poetry/literature is known as a .....
6. "Be not coy, but use your time, and while you may, go marry" is an example of
7. A reference that is made indirectly, subtly suggested, or implied to somebody or something, using only a word or two
8. Vishwakarma was Lord Indra's .....
9. Repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds usually at the beginning of words that are close together in a poem.
10. "Her cheeks were like apples, so rosy and bright" is an example of?
11. Pick the word that best fits the simile:The children were as quiet as
12. Read the poem below, how many LINES are there?1 I told my little horse, "Run like the wind.2 leap over bushes and fences and rocks.3 Cut through the air like the diving of hawks."4 I told my little horse, "Run like the wind. 5 I told my little horse, "Run like the wind.
13. Define lyric poetry
14. The Renaissance is the time of
15. Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry:
16. Telling the wind not to blowTelling the tide not to turnTelling the rivers not to flowTelling the fire not to burnTelling the birds not to flyTelling the frogs not to hopTelling the parents not to nagAnd telling the children not to whine!What two words are examples of rhyming words from the poem?
17. Which word does not belong with poetry?
18. "I ask them to take a poem
19. This is the beat, sound, and feel of the poem. This is an element that is also found in music and songs.
20. Which Roman poet, was a part of the 'neoteric' literary circle in Rome?