Poetry

Question 1

What is the origin of the word poetry and what does it mean?

Answer 1

“Poetry” is a word of Greek
origin. It comes from a verb
that means “to make, to
create”.

Question 2

Define an ‘end rhyme’.

Answer 2

End words that share a particular sound are end rhymes.

Question 3

Define an ‘internal rhyme’.

Answer 3

Internal Rhyme is when there are rhyming words within
a line of poetry.

Question 4

Define a ‘rhyme scheme’.

Answer 4

End Rhymes set up a definite pattern of sounds called a Rhyme Scheme.

Question 5

What is the origin of the word refrain?

Answer 5

Refrain comes from Latin which means “to
repeat.”

Question 6

What is the most important function of a refrain?

Answer 6

The most important function of a refrain is for
emphasis or to create rhythm. By using refrain,
poets make their ideas memorable and draw the
attention of the readers to a certain idea.

Question 7

Define a ‘refrain’.

Answer 7

A Refrain in a poem is a repeated part of a
poem and usually comes at the end of a stanza
or when a poem divides into different sections.

Question 8

Define a clerihew

Answer 8

A Clerihew is a whimsical, 4-lined biographical poem
invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.

Question 9

What is the rhyme scheme of a clerihew?

Answer 9

The Rhyme Scheme is AABB

Question 10

What is the first line of a clerihew

Answer 10

The first line is the name of the poem’s subject.

Question 11

What does the second line of a clerihew rhyme with?

Answer 11

the second line ends with something that rhymes with the name of the person.

Question 12

What is the mood of a clerihew

Answer 12

Humorous

Question 13

What is a limerick?

Answer 13

A Limerick is a humorous poem
consisting of five lines, popularized
by Edward Lear in the 19th century.

Question 14

What is the rhyme scheme of a limerick?

Answer 14

There are three long lines and two
short lines,

with the rhyme scheme AABBA.

Question 15

What is the mood of a limerick

Answer 15

They are usually funny.

Question 16

What is the origin of the word Sonnet?

Answer 16

The word Sonnet comes from the Italian word “sonetto” which
means “little song.”

Question 17

Define a Sonnet

Answer 17

A sonnet is a poem containing 14 lines of iambic pentameter:
10 beats per line, stressed and unstressed.

Question 18

How many types of sonnets are there?

Answer 18

There are three types of sonnets:

Question 19

Name the different types of sonnets

Answer 19

Shakespearean (William Shakespeare), Petrarchan (Francesco Petrarca) and Spenserian (Edmund Spenser), made famous by their authors, and each follow a particular rhyme scheme.

Question 20

What is the Shakespearian Rhyme Scheme?

Answer 20

The Shakespearian Rhyme Scheme is: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Question 21

What is a Haiku?

Answer 21

A Haiku is a Japanese Poem that can be written on
many themes, from love to nature.

Question 22

Who was the first great poet of Haiku?

Answer 22

Basho Matsuo was the first great poet of the Haiku
in the 1600s.

Question 23

How many lines and syllables make up a Haiku?

Answer 23

A Haiku consists of 3 lines and 17 syllables.
Line 1: 5 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables
Haikus don’t necessarily rhyme

Question 24

What is the difference between prose and poetry?

Answer 24

Prose is primarily focused on the literal meaning of words, but poetry incorporates figurative language.

Question 25

Define the Figure of Speech: Simile

Answer 25

A comparison of at least two things that uses “like” or “as”.
I slept like a log.

Question 26

Define the Figure of Speech: Metaphor

Answer 26

To make a comparison without using “like” or “as”
He was a walking encyclopedia.

Question 27

Define the Figure of Speech:Personification

Answer 27

When living traits are given to non-living things.
The moon smiled.

Question 28

Define the Figure of Speech:Onomatopoeia

Answer 28

The sound of a word that sounds like the sound it is describing. The word makes the sound.
Bang

Question 29

Define assonance?

Answer 29

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds. It is often used in combination with consonance and alliteration.
He saw the cost and hauled off.
He saw the cost and hauled off

Question 30

Define the Figure of Speech:Alliteration

Answer 30

Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sound in words. An easier (though less exact) way to say this is that alliteration is when the first sounds in words repeat.
Jakia jumped in the jar of jelly.

Question 31

Define the figure of speech enjambment.

Answer 31

Enjambment is when the writer uses line breaks meaningfully and abruptly to either emphasize a point or to create dual meanings.
Rolling through the field in the
dead
of winter.

Question 32

Define the figure of speech Imagery

Answer 32

Imagery is when the writer or speaker uses their descriptions to access the senses of the reader of listener. Sometimes this is called, using sensory details referring to the five senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.

An old lump of snow melted in the corner.

Question 33

Define the figure of speech repetition

Answer 33

Repetition is when the writer or speaker knowingly repeats a word or group of words for effect..

Nobody,
No nobody
can make it out here alone.
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

Question 34

Define the Figure of Speech:Irony

Answer 34

Irony is a contradiction between words and expressions.

Question 35

Define Pun

Answer 35

A play on words

Question 36

Define hyperbole

Answer 36

An exaggeration to show strong feeling or effect.
It was so hot that we fried.

Question 37

Define rhythm

Answer 37

Rhythm is when the arrangement of words creates an audible pattern or beat when read out loud
I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny / but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.

Question 38

What elements make a poem a West Indian poem?

Answer 38

Caribbean poetry is:
written by those part of the diaspora (those who live outside the area in which they lived, or from where their ancestors lived)
a way of showing pride about the Caribbean (through language, culture, etc)
written by the inhabitants of the Caribbean
written using traditional, Western poetic forms