Poetry Meaning

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Diction

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Theme

Which literary device is being conveyed in the following line?
"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so"

• juxtaposition 

• metaphor

• symbolism

• apostrophe

Poetry should always be read at least twice. Once for its literal meaning and twice for understanding of 

• the denotation

• theme

• connotation

• text features

What is a group of lines called that form a verse?

• Line

• Stanza

• Paragraph

• Meter

When an author uses an object or event to represent something deeper or beyond teh actual meaning of the object itself

• imagery

• allusion 

• syntax

• symbolism

the feeling the reader gets from a poem

• stanza

• tone

• mood

• metaphor

What is free verse poetry?

• tells a story

• poet expresses feelings and emotions

• does not have a pattern or rhyme

• based on a pattern

What is the term for a poem's underlying message or main idea?

• Theme

• Tone

• Mood

• Imagery

Which of the following is a type of poem that does not follow a specific rhyme scheme or meter?

• Sonnet

• Haiku

• Free Verse

• Limerick

In poetry, what is the repetition of similar vowel sounds in a line called?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia