Poetry One

“For if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly”

In this line from “Dreams,” the phrase in bold is a

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

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“is hiding underneath the bed

who talks to me inside my head”

• internal rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• perfect rhyme

• alliteration

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"And his horse in the silence champed the grasses

Of the forest’s ferny floor”

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

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“Like the beating of the storm waves on the stern and distant shore”

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• theme

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“We’d corkscrew up & dunk balls that exploded”

• allusion

• hyperbole

• haiku

• simile

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“By the twanging and the clanging”

In this line from “The Bells,” the words in bold are examples of

• metaphor

• connotation

• slant rhyme

• onomatopoeia

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What type of poem has a total of 17 syllables?

• Narrative

• Lyric

• Haiku

• Sonnet

The whole concept of the poem “Beware: Do Not Read This Poem” is based upon

• theme

• personification

• rhyme scheme

• metaphor

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“From all sides/strafing space/ steely screams rained”

In this line from “Echo,” the words in bold are an example of

• slant rhyme

• simile

• perfect rhyme

• alliteration

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“We were metaphysical when girls

Cheered on the sidelines.”

These lines from “Slam, Dunk, and Hook” are an example of

• hyperbole

• couplet

• sonnet

• perfect rhyme

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