Poetry Quiz 1

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?

I wished I was,
I wished of love
I wished I were,
I wished for her.

What literary device is used in the following poem?

The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea

The following poem would be considered a traditional poem.

Mary had a little lamb
it's fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went
the lamb was sure to go.

Poems can have either a _________________ form, where they follow a set of fixed rules, or be __________________ in form, which means that they do not have a regular set pattern of rhythm and may not rhyme.

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?

There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.

What literary device is used in the following lines?

The leaves on the ground danced in the wind
The brook sang merrily as it went on its way.
The fence posts gossiped and watched cars go by
which winked at each other just to say hi.

What literary device is used in the following poem?

“O my Love’s like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Love’s like the melody
That’s sweetly played in tune

A regular pattern of rhyme is called a _____________ ____________ (two words). This is charted by assigning a letter of the alphabet to match the end rhymes of each line.

Much of the power of poetry depends on ____________, or it's pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line.

What literary device is used in the following lines?

I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street,
I’ll love you till the ocean
Is folded and hung up to dry

What literary device is used in the following stanza?

I see the battle-fields of the earth, grass grows upon them and blossoms and corn,
I see the tracks of ancient and modern expeditions.
I see the nameless masonries, venerable messages of the unknown events, heroes, records of the earth.
I see places of the sagas

The use of ____________ in poetry helps to recreate sensory experiences for the reader.

___________ _________________ (two words) is a way to convey meaning beyond the literal meaning of words. It is used often in poetry and everyday language or writing.

Similar to a paragraph in prose writing, each ____________ of a poem conveys a unified idea and contributes to a poem's overall meaning.