Poetry Quiz

What literary device is used in the line 'the sun rose over the threshold of the new day'?

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

What theme is depicted in the poem where the speaker mourns the loss of a loved one?

• Anger and resentment

• Adventure and excitement

• Happiness and celebration

• Grief and loss

In the line 'amid the laurel trees, the pilgrim found solace', what does 'amid' indicate?

• Outside

• Underneath

• Above

• In the middle of or surrounded by

What figurative language is used in the line 'the murmuring brook danced through the meadow'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What does the word 'betimes' mean in the line 'he arrived betimes at the garden of Eden'?

• Betimes means occasionally or sometimes.

• Betimes means never or not at all.

• Betimes means early or in good time.

• Betimes means late or behind schedule.

What is the main theme in a poem where the speaker describes the changing hues of the sky at dawn?

• The history of the speaker's family

• Beauty of nature and the passage of time

• The benefits of exercise and healthy living

• The importance of technology in modern society

What literary device is used in the line 'the grief subsides like the setting sun'?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

What does the word 'rout' mean in the line 'the army was in rout after the battle'?

• A type of dance popular in the 1920s

• A method of organizing files on a computer

• The correct meaning of 'rout' in this context is a disorderly retreat of defeated troops.

• A type of dessert made with fruit and cream

What figurative language is used in the line 'the threshold of opportunity beckoned him'?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

In the line 'sorrows amid the laurel trees', what does 'amid' indicate?

• In the line 'sorrows amid the laurel trees', 'amid' indicates being on top of the laurel trees

• In the line 'sorrows amid the laurel trees', 'amid' indicates being far away from the laurel trees

• In the line 'sorrows amid the laurel trees', 'amid' indicates feeling happy and content

• In the line 'sorrows amid the laurel trees', 'amid' indicates being surrounded by or in the middle of the laurel trees.