Poetry Terms Quiz 473 (20 MCQs)

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1. Tells a story in verse ..... has elements of fiction like plot and character
2. The attitude the poet creates in a poem
3. Pick the type of rhyme: "As Twilight long begun / Sequestered afternoon" ~~ Emily Dickinson
4. A grouping of lines that form a unit in a poem
5. The process of using a note to explain an idea
6. The baby girl's smile was the sun on dark days. What does the metaphor mean above?
7. A statement in which there is an apparent contradiction which is actually true
8. Bonus Q:Finish this famous line of poetry:I think that I shall never see A poem as lovely as a .....
9. "Nate ate half rate fish bait" is an example of:
10. The attitude the poem's narrator takes towards a subject or character. Ex:serious, sarcastic
11. "I have a million things to do!" is an example of which poetic device?
12. The repetition of specific consonant sounds in close proximity.
13. Lines of poetry combined into groups, like a paragraph for poetry, is called
14. What is a single metrical line called in poetry?
15. What country do Haiku poems come from? (a)
16. Analyzing a poem for both meter and rhyme scheme is called:
17. Poems without regular patterns of rhyme and rhythm. Some poets use this type of poem to capture the sounds of ordinary speech.
18. "He moves like a black cloud"This line is an example of .....
19. Poetic license
20. What is this an example of? Jose was like a sad puppy.