Poetry - Junior Year

What's a comparison that speaks of one thing in terms of another?

What do we call the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in sequence?

What do we call a poem without rhyme or a set of pattern of rhythm?

What do we call when nonhuman things are described as having human traits?

Which of these terms names a sound device?

• epic

• free verse

• consonance

• metaphor

What sound device is most evident in the following line?

"The clack of computer keys kept crossing my mind."

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

• rhyme

Where did the speaker in "The Poetic Interpretation of the Twist" live?

• in the country, on a farm

• next door to a barbershop

• on a dead-end street

• in a housing project

Which of these lines from "The Interpretation of the Twist" contains a metaphor?

• "Here's a guy who must understand what the twist was all about."

• "Let's not forget the pool hall and the barbershop."

• "I must not slight the ragweed, / The true rose of the street."

• "My head hurts. / I am tired of remembering."

To what does the speaker in "The Empty Dance Shoes" compare the energy of dance shoes at rest?

• "The Colossus" by Sylvia Plath

• A clown knocked down by a sandbag

• the music in the Stardust Ballroom

• a 98-pound weakling

In "The Empty Dance Shoes," what do the empty dance shoes represent?

• the potencial for movement

• death at a young age

• the exhaustion of old age

• the end of an era