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WorksheetsPoetic Terms Roundup
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the voice of a poem referred to in poetry analysis?
Narrator
Author
Poet
Speaker
Check all the following that affect SOUND in the reading of a poem:
Rhyme
Repetition
Connotation
Alliteration
Assonance
What is the difference between denotation and connotation?
Rhyming and unrhyming verses
Literal and implied meaning
Explicit versus figurative language
Trick question; there is no difference
Name the poetic device used in this passage: "I wandered lonely as a cloud/ That floats on high o'er vales and hills..."
Imagery
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Name the poetic device used in this passage: "The flash of white feathers shone against green leaves and clear blue sky,/The majestic bird set a course unknown and swiftly away did fly."
Imagery
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Name the poetic device used in this passage:
"Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat,
Sighing, through all her works, gave signs of woe."
Imagery
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Name the poetic device used in this passage:
"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all."
Imagery
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
What is the literary definition of MOOD?
The intended emotional effect of a passage.
The reader's attitude toward the subject.
A temporary state of mind or feeling.
The author's attitude toward their subject.
Which of the following is an example of an ALLUSION?
"And life is too much like a pathless wood."
“At supper he whispers something in your ear, / The Judas boy, who wants you.”
"Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning."
"The fog comes/on little cat feet."
Based on the passage, which SYMBOL and INTERPRETATION make the most sense?
"My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!"
Heart: symbolizes hope
Rainbow: symbolizes childlike wonder
Old man: symbolizes death
Sky: symbolizes infinity
What type of verse is featured in this passage?
"what is stronger
than the human heart
which shatters over and over
and still lives"
Blank verse
Metered verse
Rhyming verse
Free verse
A sudden shift in tone in a poem is commonly referred to as...
Sequencing
Dramatic flip
Dramatic turn
Progression
Intentional word choice is referred to as...
Tone
Mood
Denotation
Diction
Which poetic term is most prominently on display in the following verse?
"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..."
Alliteration
Personification
Irony
Repetition
