Poetry

What is the name of the meter typically used in a Shakespeare Sonnet?

• Trochaic Pentameter

• Iambic Pentameter

• Diactyl Tetrameter

• Iambic Hexameter

How many lines are required in order to be considered a true Sonnet?

• 12

• 10

• 7

• 14

How many syllables must be present in a line in order to meet the standards of a Sonnet?

• 12

• 14

• 17

• 10

If you're following the formula of Iambic Pentameter, how many feet are in a line?

• 8

• 5

• 10

• 12

In Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, the first line is "Shall I COMpare thee to a summer's day?" Is the capitalized syllable stressed or unstressed?

• Stressed

• Unstressed

What is the formula for following Japanese Haiku?

• 5, 7, 5

• 7, 5, 7

• 3, 5, 7

• 3, 5, 3

In Sylvia Plath's "Daddy," she uses this phrase: You do not do, You do not do anymore, black shoe. What literary device is apparent here?

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Allusion

She sells seashells by the seashore is an example of

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Allusion

Give your own example of alliteration here.

What metaphor is the mother making in "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes?