Comparing how poets create effect in unseen poetry | Starter Quiz | Oak National Academy

Being 'broken or separated into distinct parts' is the definition of being ...

• fragmented.

• whole.

• intact.

Answer explanation

Some structural choices that poets make can create a sense of feeling fragmented.

'The continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line, stanza or couplet' is the definition of ...

Answer explanation

Enjambment may create a sense of continuation and flow.

'Moving forward or onward' is the definition of ...

• progression.

• decline.

• regression.

Answer explanation

Potentially, using enjambment could reflect a sense of progression.

Second-person narrative voice uses which pronouns?

• 'you'

• 'I'

• 'he'

Answer explanation

A second-person narrative voice invites the reader to imagine the action is happening to them.

'A pause or a break in a line of verse, often marked by punctuation' is the definition of ...

Answer explanation

Caesuras can invite the reader to stop and reflect or it could create a sense of fragmentation.

An irregular pattern in the structure of a poem could suggest ideas of ...

• control.

• order.

• unpredictability.

• freedom.

Answer explanation

An irregular pattern may suggest ideas of unpredictability and freedom because there is not a set of rules for an irregular pattern.