WorksheetsPoetry Quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 41mins
Metaphor
a comparison using like or as
a comparison between two unlike items
a line of poetry with a repetition of consonants
none of these
The following is an example of what?
I have a grey and white cat,
Who is old, lazy and fat.
Personification
Rhyme
Imagery
Alliteration
Which is not an example of onomatopoeia?
What are symbols used for in poetry?
They compare 2 things.
They're there to confuse you.
They represent different things or ideas.
They emphasize an idea or thing.
Which of the following is an example of a simile?
That house is a money pit.
He was as brave as a lion.
Her long hair is a flowing golden river.
Bill's eyes were ice while he stared at her.
which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
The calm lake was a mirror after the storm passed.
My dad is as blind as a bat.
Her new puppy is as light as a feather.
My best friends little sister is sweet as sugar.
Descriptive language that helps the reader to visualize something.
Stanza
Imagery
Iambic pentameter
Couplet
Allusion is...
A unified group of lines in poetry.
an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
The author's specific word choice.
A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.
Theme is...
A story/narrative in poetic form.
the central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.
The author's specific word choice.
The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry.
Tone is...
the attitude the poem's narrator takes towards a subject or character.
a single line of poetry.
when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.
a unified group of lines in poetry.
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!"
What is the rhyme scheme?
AABBCC
ABABAB
ABCABC
AABCBC
"If I go crazy then will you still call 1
me superman? 2
If I'm alive and well will you be there 3
holding my hand? 4
Which line contains an Allusion?
1
2
3
4
a group of lines in a poem gathered together as a unit, like a paragraph in prose.
paragraph
stanza
analysis
climax
repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
symbol
theme
repetition
speaker
poem that tells a story
epic poem
narrative poem
lyric poem
pastoral poem
when rhyming words appear on the same line; for example,
"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,"
blank verse
free verse
internal rhyme
external rhyme
"It was a blustery, breezy, brisk day"
Is an example of
alliteration
allusion
onomatopoeia
blank verse
"My love is like a red, red rose"
is an example of
metaphor
simile
rhyme
symbol
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem.
Rhythm
Alliteration
Imagery
Rhyme scheme
What is another name for the narrator of a poem?
Character
Poet
Author
Speaker
The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are next to each other
Imagery
Stanza
Iambic pentameter
Assonance
Descriptive language that helps the reader to visualize something.
Stanza
Imagery
Iambic pentameter
Couplet
A stanza of two lines
Quatrain
Rhyme scheme
Consonance
Couplet
A stanza of four lines
Quatrain
Rhyme scheme
Consonance
Onomatopoeia
The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are next to each other
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Alliteration
Consonance
"The coolness of the night
Refreshes my skin.
The stars shine so bright,
Causing me to grin."
What is the rhyme scheme?
AABB
ABCA
ABAB
ABBB
Pastoral poetry is known for
elves and witches
shepherds and nature
cities
modern places
The speaker in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe is
a sheep
a goddess
a shepherd
a woman
The theme in"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe is
Let's Get Married!
Nature is awesome!
Nature is gross!
Carpe Diem - Seize the Day
The speaker in "The Nymph's Reply" by Walter Raleigh is
a shepherd
A shepherdess
a sheep
a lost boy
A possible theme of "The Nymph's Reply" by Walter Raleigh is
love stinks!
don't believe everything you're told
Nature is awesome!
Nature is gross!
The speaker of Shakespeare's "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" is saying that...
she is ugly
she is great just the way she is
she needs to work on her faults
he is breaking up with her
In "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe, what basic request does the speaker make of the person he addresses?
come shear my sheep
come clean my house
come live with me and be my love
come raise my kids
In John Donne's "Holy Sonnet 10" what is being compared in the following lines:
Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be...
Death is compared to a picture
Death is compared to someone who is sleeping
Death is compared to a short nap
Death is being compared to a person who looks strong and indomitable but is in fact powerles
In John Donne's poem "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning," what is being compared here
If they be two [sould], they are two so
As stiff twin compasses are two;
Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show
To move, but doth, if th' other do.
Their love is being compared to a compass.
Their love is compared to a show
Their love is compared to a foot
Their love is compared to twins
In "Holy Sonnet 10" the Speaker’s states: “One short sleep past, we wake eternally, / And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.”
What is his motivation?
He is scared of death
He is viewing death through his religious faith that overcomes death in the end.
He is afraid his wife will die
He is afraid the world is coming to an end
In “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning,” the Speaker states: “Our two souls therefore, which are one, / Though I must go, endure no yet / A breach, but an expansion / Like gold to airy thinness beat.”
What is his motivation?
He's telling his wife that he's leaving her for another woman
He's telling his wife that she's just going to have to deal with his trip
He is putting a positive light on their farewell by saying that their love will be expanded rather than divided by the separation.
He is so upset that he's leaving that he just cannot bear it; he can't bear to separate from her and is trying to talk himself into his trip.
How would you describe the portrait the speaker paints of country living in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe
It is a beautiful, highly idealized portrait.
It is a plain, ordinary area.
It is a prehistoric landscape filled with dinosaurs.
It is a landscape full of elves and gnomes.
