Poetry and Literary Devices Quiz

What is the rhyme scheme of the following quatrain? "When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silvered o'er with white;"

• A) ABAB

• B) AABB

• C) ABCD

• D) ABBA

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Which of the following examples contains internal rhyme? - A) "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew." - B) "Whose woods these are I think I know." - C) "I drove today and found my sorrow." - D) "Light and night within her eyes."

Identify the use of alliteration in the following line: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

• A) True

• B) False

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Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia? - A) Buzz - B) Beautiful - C) Quickly - D) Softly

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A haiku typically has what syllable meter? - A) 5-7-5 - B) 8-10-8 - C) 4-6-4 - D) 6-8-6

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What is a tercet? - A) A four-line stanza - B) A three-line stanza - C) A two-line stanza - D) A five-line stanza

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Which of the following is a characteristic of a sonnet? - A) It has 10 lines. - B) It has 14 lines. - C) It has 12 lines. - D) It has 16 lines.

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Identify the couplet in the following excerpt: "For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings."

• A) True

• B) False

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Which of the following literary devices is primarily concerned with the repetition of the initial consonant sounds in neighboring words? - A) Alliteration - B) Onomatopoeia - C) Internal rhyme - D) External rhyme

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What does a sight rhyme involve? - A) Words that look like they should rhyme, but do not when pronounced - B) Words that rhyme perfectly when pronounced - C) Words that create a visual image - D) Words that are spelled similarly but have different meanings

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