musically pleasant sounds

repetition of consonant sounds- beginning

repetition of consonant sounds, beginning, middle and end (combo)

repetition of vowel sounds

two words look like they should rhyme

words nearly rhyme, slight variation in vowel sound

words spelled differently but have the same pronunciation

Masculine or Feminine Rhyme? shun and fun

Masculine or Feminine: loudly, proudly

Masculine or Feminine: tricky, picky

The words highlighted are examples of feminine rhyme.

“…Left blooming alone;

All her lovely companions

…Are faded and gone;

The use of alone and gone is an example of what kind of rhyme?

“…Left blooming alone;

All her lovely companions

…Are faded and gone;

Which words in the following lines create a slant rhyme?

Hope is a thing with feathers

That perches in the soul

And sings the tune without the words

And never stops at all….

Which rhyme is used for the words in bold?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of Being and ideal of Grace.

The following line is an example of which type of rhyme?

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

The rhymes in the following line are also:

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

Which one is alliteration?

The eagle engulf the eel from the sea.

Establish an entire kingdom; a feat no one can easily accomplish

Is the line below and assonance or alliteration?

the self-soilers,

When a sentence in a poem flows on to the next line in a poem it is called...

A break in the middle of the line caused by a full stop is called...

Roses, roses! Two bucks a bunch! They say

The boys in the street, ready to sell you.

(HINT: Examples are in red)

“April is the cruelest month, breeding

Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing

Memory and desire, stirring

Dull roots with spring rain."

Which device is the most dominant?

Which of the following pairs of lines from Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” contains an example of enjambment?

The emotion conveyed by the poem, or the attitude that the speaker has towards the topic

Something that seems impossible but is actually true

In his poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” T.S. Eliot references Michelangelo, a poem by Andrew Marvell, and passages from the Bible. These are examples of...