The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer's hand. What does “The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band” symbolize?

Why, what art thou, thou bold fellow, That ranges so boldly here? In sooth, to be brief, thou lookst like a thief, That comes to steal our king's deer.

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I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;

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On the fifteenth of May, in the jungle of Nool, In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool, He was splashing...enjoying the jungle’s great joys... When Horton the elephant heard a small noise.

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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.

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A poetic device in which two words are spelled similarly but pronounced differently.

“Lightning danced across the sky.” Is an example of what figurative language?

“Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” What figurative language can you find in the lines above?

Attend my lays, ye ever honour'd nine, Assist my labours, and my strains refine; In smoothest numbers pour the notes along, For bright Aurora now demands my song.

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A lengthy narrative work of poetry that typically detailed extraordinary feats and adventures of characters from a distant past.

In poetry, the term refers to the emphasis placed on certain syllables in words.

A fourteen-line poem, consists of an octave (or two quatrains making up a stanza of 8 lines) and a sestet (a stanza of six lines).

Although the form of the sonnet is said to have been invented by Giacomo da Lentini in the 13th century, it was popularized by a poet from Tuscany named Francesco Petrarch, who used the form to write poems expressing his unrequited love for a woman named Laura.

A five-line poem that consists of a single stanza, has an AABBA rhyme scheme, and whose subject is a short, pithy tale or description. They are comedic, some are downright crude, and nearly all are trivial in nature.

A type of poem that tells a story and was traditionally set to music. This type of poem is typically composed of four-line stanzas that, usually, follow an ABCB rhyme scheme.

Types of poetry that lacks rhymes but does follow a specific meter—a meter that is almost always iambic pentameter. It was particularly popular in English poetry written between the 16th and 20th centuries, including the plays of Shakespeare.

Originating in ancient Greece, this type of poem was originally performed publicly to celebrate athletic victories. Later, this poetic form was favored among English romantic poets, who used to express emotions using rich, descriptive language. Today, we use it to describe any outpouring of praise, and in modern times it evolved to include various styles and forms.

Work songs, devised to accompany particular actions or tasks on board ship. They could help keep time among groups of sailors, coordinate physical movements like hauling ropes and raising sails, and relieve the boredom of long, repetitive tasks.

A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates the rhythm of lines of poetry.