Poetry Test
Part I - Identification
1.While I nodded nearly napping Because of its repetition of initial consonant sounds, what poetic sound effect is used in this line?
-The poetic sound used in this line is an alliteration.
2.When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table.
Because it makes a comparison between two unlike things using the word “like” or “as,” what figure of speech is used in these lines?
-The figure of speech used in these lines is a simile.
3.And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side. What poetic sound effect is used in this line?
-The poetic sound effect used is assonance.
4.Death stands above me, whispering low
I know not what into my ear
Because it gives human characteristics to something nonhuman, what figure of speech is used in these lines?
-The figure of speech used is personification.
5.The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew
Because a rhyme occurs within a single line of the verse, what kind of rhyme is used?
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shared via CourseHero.com 6.For a while I sang―ah swift and strange
Love passes and touched me on the brow.
And I who made so many songs
Am silent now.
What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza of poetry?
-The rhyme scheme used is a b c b.
7.All fools have still an itching to deride,
And fain would be upon the laughing side.
What is this two-line rhyming unit of poetry called?
-The two-line rhyming unit is called end rhyme.
8.The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas
Because it implies a comparison between two unlike things without using the word “like”
or “as,” what figure of speech is this?
-The figure of speech used is a metaphor.
9.And murmuring of innumerable bees
Because words are used that imitate the sound they describe, what poetic sound effect is this?
-The poetic sound effect used is an onomatopoeia.
10.Spies, you are lights in state, but of base stuff,
Who, when you’ve burnt yourselves down to the snuff,
Stink and are thrown away. End fair enough.
What is this three-line rhyming unit of poetry called?
-This unit of poetry is called a tercet.This study source was downloaded by 100000823516103 from CourseHero.com on 07-13-2021 13:48:57 GMT -05:00
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Part I - Identification
1.While I nodded nearly napping Because of its repetition of initial consonant sounds, what poetic sound effect is used in this line?
-The poetic sound used in this line is an alliteration.
2.When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table.
Because it makes a comparison between two unlike things using the word “like” or “as,” what figure of speech is used in these lines?
-The figure of speech used in these lines is a simile.
3.And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side. What poetic sound effect is used in this line?
-The poetic sound effect used is assonance.
4.Death stands above me, whispering low
I know not what into my ear
Because it gives human characteristics to something nonhuman, what figure of speech is used in these lines?
-The figure of speech used is personification.
5.The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew
Because a rhyme occurs within a single line of the verse, what kind of rhyme is used?
-The type of rhyme used is internal rhyme.This study source was downloaded by 100000823516103 from CourseHero.com on 07-13-2021 13:48:57 GMT -05:00
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shared via CourseHero.com 6.For a while I sang―ah swift and strange
Love passes and touched me on the brow.
And I who made so many songs
Am silent now.
What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza of poetry?
-The rhyme scheme used is a b c b.
7.All fools have still an itching to deride,
And fain would be upon the laughing side.
What is this two-line rhyming unit of poetry called?
-The two-line rhyming unit is called end rhyme.
8.The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas
Because it implies a comparison between two unlike things without using the word “like”
or “as,” what figure of speech is this?
-The figure of speech used is a metaphor.
9.And murmuring of innumerable bees
Because words are used that imitate the sound they describe, what poetic sound effect is this?
-The poetic sound effect used is an onomatopoeia.
10.Spies, you are lights in state, but of base stuff,
Who, when you’ve burnt yourselves down to the snuff,
Stink and are thrown away. End fair enough.
What is this three-line rhyming unit of poetry called?
-This unit of poetry is called a tercet.This study source was downloaded by 100000823516103 from CourseHero.com on 07-13-2021 13:48:57 GMT -05:00
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