Lit Poetry

Question 1

the correspondence of sound

Answer 1

rhyme

Question 2

types of rhyme:
1. when the syllables are exactly alike
2. pairs words that are similar but slightly mismatched in sound
3. combines words that look alike but do not sound alike

Answer 2

1. perfect rhyme
2. slant rhyme
3. eye rhyme

Question 3

1. rhyme that falls at the end of a line and in the middle and ends of words
2. rhyme occurring within a single line of poetry

Answer 3

1. end rhyme
2. internal rhyme

Question 4

the poem’s pattern of end rhyme

Answer 4

rhyme scheme

Question 5

words that sound like what they mean

Answer 5

onomatopoeia

Question 6

repetition of similar vowel sounds in a series of words

Answer 6

assonance

Question 7

the repetition of initial consonant sounds

Answer 7

alliteration

Question 8

the repetition of the final consonant sound

Answer 8

consonance

Question 9

the specific combination of two or three stressed and/or unstressed syllables that repeats throughout the poem’s lines

Answer 9

poetic foot

Question 10

u /

Answer 10

iambic

Question 11

/ u

Answer 11

trochaic

Question 12

u u /

Answer 12

anapestic

Question 13

/ u u

Answer 13

dactylic

Question 14

/ /

Answer 14

spondaic

Question 15

the regular arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables; creates rhythm of a poem

Answer 15

meter

Question 16

the process of identifying the two major features of meter in a particular poem (foot and meter)

Answer 16

scansion

Question 17

most common type of meter

Answer 17

iambic pentameter

Question 18

1. one foot
2. two feet
3. three feet
4. four feet
5. five feet

Answer 18

1. monometer
2. dimeter
3. trimeter
4. tetrameter
5. pentameter

Question 19

poem honoring several men’s heroism

Answer 19

“The Charge of the Light Brigade”

Question 20

poem with the theme recognizing the power of God

Answer 20

“The Destruction of Sennacherib”

Question 21

refers broadly to compositions written in meter

Answer 21

verse

Question 22

types of verse:
1. having end rhyme and regular meter
2. unrhymed iambic pentameter
3. no regular meter or rhyme

Answer 22

1. rhymed verse
2. blank verse
3. free verse

Question 23

poem describing a bird who lived in the mountains

Answer 23

“The Eagle”

Question 24

poem set in winter that says the last sound in winter is crickets

Answer 24

“Splinter”

Question 25

divisions of a poem based on thought, meter or rhyme

Answer 25

stanzas

Question 26

1. two lines of poetry
2. four lines of poetry
3. six lines of poetry
4. eight lines of poetry

Answer 26

1. couplet
2. quatrain
3. sestet
4. octave

Question 27

a narrative poem often derived from folklore, many of which end tragically

Answer 27

ballad

Question 28

a line or group of repeated lines throughout a poem

Answer 28

refrain

Question 29

a fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter

Answer 29

sonnet

Question 30

types of sonnet:
1. One octave and a sestet
2. Three quatrains and a couplet

Answer 30

1. Italian sonnet
2. English sonnet

Question 31

a Japanese form of poetry that comprises three lines, the first and last having five syllables and the middle having seven

Answer 31

haiku

Question 32

a quintet (five lines), the first line contains one stressed syllable; the second, two, the third, three; the fourth, four; and the fifth, one

Answer 32

cinquain

Question 33

a poem that arranges the sentences on the page to form a specific picture

Answer 33

shape poem

Question 34

1. poem about the unfairness of death
2. poem with death as it’s theme

Answer 34

1. “Bonnie George Campbell”
2. Holy Sonnet 10

Question 35

authors:
1. wrote “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
2. wrote “The Destruction of Sennacherib”
3. wrote “The Eagle”

Answer 35

1. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
2. George Gordon, Lord Byron
3. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Question 36

1. wrote Julius Caesar
2. wrote “Splinter”
3. wrote Holy Sonnet 10
4. wrote Sonnet 29

Answer 36

1. Shakespeare
2. Sandburg
3. Donne
4. Shakespeare

Question 37

1. wrote “400-meter Freestyle”
2. wrote “The Altar”

Answer 37

1. Kumin
2. Herbert