Poetry and Structure

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A form of poetry in which a single speaker expresses his or her personal ideas and feelings is called?

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Lyric

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What shows the speaker's attitude toward his/her subject?

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Tone

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What kind of stanza is shown in the poem excerpt: 'Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.'?

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Quatrain

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Her eyes are as sparkly as a diamond is an example of what?

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Simile

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Which sound device is being used in the sentence: 'Down and down and down he fell into the deep recesses of the cave.'?

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Repetition

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What is a couplet in poetry?

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A stanza consisting of two lines that usually rhyme.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing.

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What is a theme in poetry?

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The central idea or message that the poem conveys.