Elegy, Ode, and Quick Hits

Which of these is not a major poetry genre?

• iambic

• narrative

• dramatic

• lyric

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What 2 literary elements apply to all genres of poetry?

• form and theme

• form and style

• theme and meter

• theme and rhyme

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how we describe the overarching structure or patter of a poem is

• rhyme

• theme

• convention

• form

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any set shared rules about how a poem should be structured, written, and spoken are called

• themes

• conventions

• forms

• ars poetica

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the poetic genre of mourning is

• elegy

• ode

• haiku

• ars poetica

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While most elegies tend to be long, the sample in your reading of an exception was only ...

• 2 words

• 10 words

• 6 words

• 14 words

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Elegies are often as much, if not more so, about the _____ rather than the dead.

• author

• speaker

• poem

• afterlife

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What is the single most influential elegy in English?

• Milton's "Lycidas"

• Whitman's "Trees"

• Ali's "Lennox Hill"

• Gray "Flowers"

When a poet presents nature in a way that seems to reflect the feelings of the speaker, it is called___

• alliteration

• ars poetica

• tone

• pathetic fallacy

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An ode's most defining feature is its___

• rhyme scheme (irregular)

• elevated register (formal and dignified)

• length (excessive)

• all of these

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