American Romanticism and Poetry Review

"Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn!" is an example of a(n) ___.

• metaphor

• allegory

• allusion

• simile

Why does Longfellow use repetition within "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls"?

• The repetition creates imagery within the poem.

• The repetition helps establish the theme.

• The repetition helps establish the mood.

• The repetition creates personification.

___ allows non-human things to have human-like traits or emotions.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

"Stole with soft step its shining archway through" is an example of __.

• simile

• alliteration

• assonance

• metaphor

A group of lines within a poem are called a(n) ___.

• quatrain

• stanza

• tercet

• quintain

What is the purpose of the meter within "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls"?

• The meter reflects the sound of waves

• The meter creates an energetic beat

• The meter helps create dialogue

• The meter conveys the motif

A(n) __ is determined by end rhyme within a stanza.

• meter

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• metaphor

Rhyme that is imperfect is called ___.

• half rhyme

• slight rhyme

• end rhyme

• eye rhyme

I saw a little hermit crab

His coloring was so drab

The lines above are considered an example of a(n) ___.

• rhymed couplet

• rhymed tercet

• eye rhyme

• slant rhyme

A narrator in a poem is referred to as the ___.

• main character

• apostrophe

• speaker

• antagonist