Poetry Anthology Quiz

Which of the following poems explore the theme of loss?

(There is more than one).

• Piano

• Search for My Tongue

• Remember

• If

What is the name of the technique when a poet describes something figuratively as being something else?

Clue: it can be extended throughout a poem.

Remember by Rossetti is written in which poetic form?

• Sonnet

• Ballad

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• Haiku

What is the name of the poetic technique when a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of several consecutive lines?

Which of the following poems explore the theme of identity?

• If

• La Belle Dame sans Merci

• Poem at Thirty Nine

• Search for my Tongue

What is the name of the technique describing a list or series of words, phrases, or clauses that is connected with the repeated use of the same conjunction?

e.g. 'your heart and nerve and sinew...'

• Polyptoton

• Polygon

• Polysyndeton

• Polygamy

Which of the following poems would you compare to La Belle Dame sans Merci if you were exploring the theme of love? (There can be more than one).

• Sonnet 116

• Half Past Two

• My Last Duchess

• War Photographer

In the poem Blessing, what is the metaphorical blessing?

What is the name of the technique in which a phrase is repeated periodically throughout a poem?

The word 'sonnet' means 'a little....