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Poetry Summative Review

Total questions: 72

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What do you call a stanza with three lines? 
a)
Tercet
b)
Quatrain
c)
Quintain 
d)
Tercel 
2.
What do you call a stanza with four lines? 
a)
Quatrain
b)
Quintain 
c)
Tercet 
d)
Octave
3.
A quintain has how many lines? 
a)
Five
b)
Four
c)
Seven
d)
Two
4.
A sestet has how many lines? 
a)
Five
b)
Seven
c)
Six
d)
Four
5.
A sonnet has 16 lines. 
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Another name for a Shakespearean sonnet is an Italian sonnet. 
a)
True
b)
False
7.
The second line of this poem uses what literary device? 
a)
Imagery
b)
Simile 
c)
Alliteration
d)
Metaphor
8.
The rhyme scheme of this poem is...
a)
ABAB
b)
Free Verse
c)
ABBC
d)
AABC
9.
Out of the night that covers me,  
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be  
For my unconquerable soul.

The rhyme scheme of this stanza is...
a)
CBCB
b)
ABBA
c)
ABAB
d)
CCAA
10.
A Petrarchan sonnet is divided into what two pieces? 
a)
Septet and Septet
b)
Octave and Sestet
c)
Sestet and Septet
d)
Sestet and Octave
11.

We wear the mask that grins and lies,

It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,-This debt we pay to human guile;

With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,

And mouth with myriad subtleties.

The rhyme scheme of this stanza is... (the different colored lines represent a line of the stanza)

a)

BABAC

b)

AABBC

c)

ABBCA

d)

ABBAC

12.
“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul -And sings the tune without the words -And never stops - at all -
And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -And sore must be the storm -That could abash the little BirdThat kept so many warm -
I’ve heard it in the chillest land -And on the strangest Sea -Yet - never - in Extremity,It asked a crumb - of me.
The colored line is an example of what literary device? 
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personification 
13.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
What literary device is present in this stanza? 
a)
Personification 
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile 
d)
Alliteration
14.
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Which of the following statements best rewords the thinking behind the lines of this stanza? 
a)
People should fight growing older. 
b)
Each person should live each day well. 
c)
Fight against death
d)
Fight against death by living your life to the fullest. 
15.
Self-pity
I never saw a wild thing 
sorry for itself. 
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.
Which statement best captures the theme of this poem? 
a)
Self pity is bad
b)
Because nature doesn't feel bad for itself, humanity should
c)
Self-pity doesn't help
d)
Nature doesn't indulge in self pity; nor should humanity
16.
Under the windings of the sea
They lying long shall not die windily;
Twisting on racks when sinews gave way,
Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;
Faith in their hands shall snap in two,
And the unicorn evils run them through;
Split all ends up they shan't crack;

This is a stanza from which poem? 
a)
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night 
b)
Still I Rise
c)
And Death Shall Have No Dominion 
d)
Faith in their Hands
17.
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
This is the rhyme scheme for which sonnet? 
a)
Italian 
b)
Shakespearean
c)
Petrarchan 
18.

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud,

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the horror of the shade,

And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.


These two stanzas are from which poem by Henely?

a)

Invictus

b)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

c)

A Dream Within a Dream

d)

The Rose That Grew from the Concrete

19.
The Road Not Taken is a poem that uses throughout the entire writing what literary device? 
a)
Simile 
b)
Metaphor
c)
Allusion 
d)
Symbol 
20.
So are you to my thoughts as food to life,
Or as sweet-season'd showers are to the ground;
And for the peace of you I hold such strife
As 'twixt a miser and his wealth is found;
Now proud as an enjoyer and anon 
Doubting the filching age will steal his treasure,
Now counting best to be with you alone,
Then better'd that the world may see my pleasure;
Sometime all full with feasting on your sight
And by and by clean starved for a look; 
Possessing or pursuing no delight,
Save what is had or must from you be took.
 Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day,
 Or gluttoning on all, or all away.
a)
Petrarchan 
b)
Shakespearean
21.

A line of a sonnet has how many syllables?

a)

11

b)

9

c)

14

d)

10

22.
What is the stressed/unstressed syllable pattern in a line of a sonnet termed? 
a)
Iambic Pentameter
b)
Soliloquy 
c)
Shakespearean Verse 
23.

'No Man is an Island' John Donne

No man is an island entire of itself; every man

is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;

if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe

is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as

well as any manner of thy friends or of thine

own were; any man's death diminishes me,

because I am involved in mankind.

And therefore never send to know for whom

the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

What statement best captures the theme?

a)

All people should live as if they are on an island

b)

Men are the ones that decide the future of society

c)

No man should live in a society

d)

All peoples are a part of the whole group

24.
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? 
a)
ABAABCBCB
b)
AABBCCABA
c)
ABAABBCBB
d)
ABAABBBCB
25.
If we must die—let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Making their mock at our accursed lot.

What literary device is present in this colored line? 
a)
Simile 
b)
Allusion
c)
Metaphor 
d)
Theme
26.
Which historical character is the 'Captain' of O Captain! My Captain!? 
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
George Washington
c)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 
d)
Abraham Lincoln 
27.
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Which poem is this from? 
a)
And Dawn Goes Down to Day
b)
Remember
c)
Invictus
d)
Nothing Gold Can Stay
28.
O my Luve is like a red, red rose
What literary device is present in this line? 
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Symbol
d)
Imagery
29.
What type of sonnet is Remember by Christina Rossetti? 
a)
Shakespearean 
b)
Petrarchan
30.
What literary device is being portrayed in the first line of this Shakespearean sonnet? 
a)
Allusion
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Free Verse
31.
The theme of Death is Nothing At All could best be stated as...
a)
Life is hard and you better suck it up 
b)
Life is brief and we better appreciate it 
c)
Death is a funny event if we think about it
d)
Death isn't the monster we think that it is
32.
My friends forsake me like a memory lost:I am the self-consumer of my woes—They rise and vanish in oblivious host,Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

What is being compared in this simile? 
a)
The speaker and life 
b)
The speaker and a lost memory
c)
A lost memory and life
d)
The speaker's woes and love's shadows 
33.
What is the 'ship' of O Captain! My Captain!? Hint: Remember that the poem is a metaphor. 
a)
It's an actual ship 
b)
The Civil War
c)
America (or 'Murica) 
d)
The end of slavery 
34.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—  Only this and nothing more.”
What poem are these lines from? 
a)
O Captain! My Captain!
b)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
c)
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Goodnight 
d)
The Raven
35.
A jackal doesn't understand remorse.Lions and lice don't waver in their course.Why should they, when they know they're right?

What poem are these lines from? 
a)
'Hope' is a thing with feathers
b)
The Rose That Grew from the Concrete
c)
In Praise of Feeling Bad About Yourself
d)
Self-Pity 
36.
The theme of Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep could be stated as: 
a)
Death isn't a conclusion
b)
Don't cry as if I will never be around
c)
Cry not, for death is not scary
37.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
 I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.

What literary device is used in each of these lines? 
a)
Simile
b)
Symbolism 
c)
Allusion
d)
Metaphor 
38.
Which poet wrote these poems? 
The Road Not Taken
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Fire & Ice
Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
a)
Wislawa Szymborska 
b)
Emily Dickinson 
c)
Robert Frost 
d)
Dylan Thomas
39.
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night is a poem from Dylan Thomas to whom? 
a)
His father
b)
Future poets
c)
Abraham Lincoln 
d)
His mother
40.
Does it dry up  like a raisin in the sun?  Or fester like a sore—  And then run?  Does it stink like rotten meat?  Or crust and sugar over—  like a syrupy sweet?
 Maybe it just sags  like a heavy load.
 Or does it explode?

What poem are these lines from? 
a)
The Life That I Have
b)
A Dream Deferred 
c)
Life's Tragedy 
d)
Expect Nothing 
41.
Though they go made and shall be sane 
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again
Though lovers be lost love shall not
What poem are these lines from? 
a)
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
b)
The Raven 
c)
And Death Shall Have No Dominion
d)
When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be
42.
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done. 
What is this fearful trip? 
a)
The Civil War
b)
Slavery
c)
The Lincoln Assassination 
d)
America becoming its own nation
43.
What type of stanza is the following? (each color is a line) 

We wear the mask that grins and lies,It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,-This debt we pay to human guile;With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties.
a)
Quatrain
b)
Quintain
c)
Septet
d)
Tercet
44.
The theme of We Wear the Mask could be stated as: 
a)
People wear masks to cover who they are
b)
We should never hide who we are 
c)
We all wear masks and should to protect ourselves
d)
Wearing masks  is a way of hiding ourselves from the world
45.
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door—Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door—  Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

The colored word is what literary device? 
a)
Allusion
b)
Symbol 
c)
Metaphor
d)
Alliteration
46.
BONUS QUESTION: Who is Pallas in Greek mythology? 
a)
Athena-Goddess of Wisdom
b)
Ares-God of War 
c)
Zeus-God of Creation 
d)
Hera-Goddess Marriage
47.
The theme of A Dream Deferred could be stated as: 
a)
Live your life and dreams to the fullest 
b)
Don't put your dreams on hold; they go sour
c)
Pursue you dreams with passion 
d)
Don't wait to live
48.
A stanza of six lines is: 
a)
Septet
b)
Sestet
c)
Quatrain 
d)
Quintain 
49.
Which road would Robert Frost want his reader to take? 
a)
The one travelled by friends and family 
b)
The one less travelled by 
c)
The common trail everyone takes 
d)
The one that I knew was well laid
50.
What is the Rhyme Scheme of this poem? 
a)
AAB
b)
ABA
c)
ABB
d)
AAA
51.
The Raven in Poe's poem is  a symbol. What does is represent? 
a)
The fear of the unknown world 
b)
The fear of the darkness 
c)
The ever-present nature of Death 
d)
The fear of death 
52.

The theme of Death Be Not Proud could best be stated as:

a)

Death is not the fearful event many think it is

b)

Death is a simple nuisance

c)

Death is all powerful

d)

Death and life are the only events that matter

53.

The theme of Invictus could be stated as:

a)

Each individual is a victim to circumstance

b)

We should be thankful for anything we have

c)

I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul

d)

Life will beat you up but you have to persevere

54.

The theme of Life's Tragedy could best be stated as:

a)

Life is tragic

b)

To have love but to not appreciate it

c)

To reject love is a tragedy

d)

Love is the only thing you need

55.

The theme of Still I Rise could best be stated:

a)

Despite struggles, we all will end up failing

b)

Struggles often overwhelm the individual

c)

Life breaks up people but we need to overcome it

d)

Despite what other people do to me, I will always overcome

56.

Nature's first green is gold/Her hardest hue to hold. The underlined part is an example of what literary device?

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Symbolism

d)

Allusion

57.

The theme of Remember could best be stated as:

a)

Remembering can cause more hurt than forgetting

b)

Remembering is more important than forgetting

c)

People should forget the pain of the past

d)

It is better to forget to be happy rather than be sad remembering

58.

The theme of Road Not Taken could best be stated:

a)

Always attempt to travel two paths

b)

Take the road that is less travelled

c)

Roads are choices that we have to take

d)

Take the road that your peers/family have taken

59.

The entire poem The Rose That Grew from the Concrete is an example of what literary device?

a)

Simile

b)

Iambic Pentameter

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

60.

A stanza of 8 lines is called...

a)

Octave

b)

Sestet

c)

Tercet

d)

Quatrain

61.

One short sleep past, we wake eternally/And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die. What poem are these lines from?

a)

A Dream Deferred

b)

Remember

c)

Death be not proud

d)

If We Must Die

62.

But if it had to perish twice/I think I know enough of hate. What poem are these lines from?

a)

Fire & Ice

b)

Expect Nothing

c)

The Life That I Have

d)

If We Must Die

63.

Proving nature's law is wrong it/learned to walk with out having feet. What poem are these lines from?

a)

A Red, Red Rose

b)

Self-pity

c)

The Rose That Grew from Concrete

d)

And Death Shall Have No Dominion

64.

And you, my father, there on that sad height,/Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. What poem are these lines from?

a)

In praise of feeling bad about yourself

b)

And Death Shall Have No Dominion

c)

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

d)

Because I could not stop for Death

65.

Of the wide world I stand alone, and think/Till love and fame to nothingness do sink. These lines are an example of a

a)

Couplet

b)

Stanza

c)

Alliteration

d)

Tercet

66.

Whose woods these are I think I know./His house is in the village, though;/He will not see me stopping here/He will not see me stopping here/To watch his woods fill up with snow. What poem are these lines from?

a)

Because I could not stop for Death

b)

What I have Fears That I May Cease to Be

c)

No Man is an Island

d)

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

67.

What word does the Raven always repeat?

a)

Midnight dreary

b)

Lenore

c)

Nevermore

d)

Rapping on my chamber door

68.

Thou art more lovely and more temperate./Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, What poems are these lines from?

a)

A Dream Deferred

b)

Self-Pity

c)

Nothing Gold Can Stay

d)

Shall I Compare Thee to Summer's Day

69.

Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack,/Press to the wall, dying, but fighting back! These lines are from what poem?

a)

A Red, Red Rose

b)

If We Must Die

c)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Songs

d)

Still I Rise

70.

We slowly drove-He knew no haste/And I had put away/My labor and my leisure too,/For His Civility- These lines are from what poem?

a)

What I have fears That I May Cease to Be

b)

No Man is An Island

c)

Because I could not stop for Death

d)

Stopping By Woods on A Snowy Evening

71.

Who was the poet that wrote Still I Rise and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

a)

Robert Frost

b)

Edgar Allan Poe

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

Dylan Thomas

72.

The love that I have/Of the life that I have/Is yours and yours and yours What poem are these lines from?

a)

Fire and Ice

b)

The Life That I Have

c)

Expect Nothing

d)

We Wear the Mask

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