Poetic Terms Roundup

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