Poetic Devices and Their Effects

What are two devices that can help create rhythm in a poem?

• internal rhyme and apostrophe

• couplet and anapest

• metaphor and imagery

• dactyl and simile

Why would a poet use onomatopoeia?

• To create the sound of an animal or object through a specific word. This sound could influence the poem's overall mood because some sounds are considered alarming while others are calming.

• To make an inanimate object come to life by giving it life-like qualities, which in turn can affect a poem's overall mood or a specific feeling expressed in the poem.

• To represent something else and give it a deeper meaning

• To create a rhythm by using a rhyme

Why would a poet choose to use consonance or assonance?

• Repeating consonant sounds affects how a poem sounds when read aloud. Certain words can sound harsh or pleasing, which can enhance a poem's overall mood.

• Repeating consonant or vowel sounds affects how the poem sounds when read aloud, and how it sounds can enhance a poem's overall mood since words can have pleasing or harsh sounds.

• Repeating consonant or vowel sounds creates rhyme.

• Repeating consonant or vowel sounds creates a deeper meaning within a poem.

Identify what poetic device is being used: An unusual human, he is amusing and confusing.

• dactyl

• assonance

• repetition

• consonance

Identify what poetic devices are being used by poet Robert Burns: 'My love is like a red, red rose.'

• simile, alliteration, caesura

• repetition, simile, metaphor

• simile, repetition, alliteration

• repetition, alliteration, metaphor

When using rhythm as a path to meaning in a poem, what should grab the reader's attention?

• Any use of capitalization

• The pattern of rhymes

• Any time the rhythm deviates from the established pattern

• Repetition of feet

• The regular pattern of beats

In 'Wild Nights!' how does Emily Dickinson grab the reader's attention in the opening lines?

• She leaves off the capital letters to make the lines stand out.

• She uses the spondee, a foot made of two stressed syllables, to almost shout at the reader.

• She employs the most memorable meter, iambic pentameter.

• She establishes a pattern of iambs then breaks that patter with extra stressed syllables.

• She uses anapestic feet to create a galloping rhythm.

If a line of poetry is made of iambs and has eight syllables in the line, how many feet are in that line of poetry?

• Three

• Six

• None

• Five

• Four

How do the anapests in 'Sea Fever' affect the reader of the poem?

• They make the lines choppy, which creates a struggle in the reader's mind.

• They give the lines a rolling feel, like ocean waves, which brings the reader closer to the subject matter.

• They make the lines longer, which gives the poem a longer feel.

• They make the lines stop in the middle, which makes the reader uncomfortable.

• They grab the reader's attention, almost as if the poet is yelling at the reader.

What is the term for the regular pattern of beats in a line of poetry?

• Meter

• Spondee

• Iamb

• Feet

• Variation