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Poems are arranged in lines. Lines can be ___________. Identify all that apply.
A single word
A paragraph
A part of a line
None of the above
__________ is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words that are close together.
Rhyme
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Metaphor
When I come down to sleep death's endless night,
The threshold of the unknown dark to cross,
What to me then will be the keenest loss,
When this bright world blurs on my fading sight?
What is the rhyme shceme of the poem?
A,B,B,A
A,B,C,A
B,A,B,C
A,A,B,C
When I come down to sleep death's endless night,
The threshold of the unknown dark to cross,
What to me then will be the keenest loss,
When this bright world blurs on my fading sight?
What type of poem is the following?
tercet
couplet
haiku
cinquain
Cruel autumn wind
Cutting to the very bones
Of my poor scarecrow
What type of poem is this?
tercet
couplet
diamante
hyperbole
1. Twinkle Twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
2. The bird sang in the tree
It sang tooroo, tooree
3. My Country tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
What type of poem is this?
tercet
diamante
alliteration
couplet
Identify the rhyme scheme of the following.
The rushing ocean waves
Beat harshly on the sand.
They roar and crash and foam
As they break upon the land.
A,A,B,B,
A,B,C,A
A,B,C,B
A,B,B,A
What kind of figurative language does Cornelius Eady use in the following:
"Because the twist is gone,
It is the foundation of a bridge"
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
alliteration
What poetic device does Eady use in the following stanza?
An empty pair of dancing shoes
Is also a lot like a leaf
Pressed in a book.
And now you know a simple truth:
A leaf pressed in, say The Colossus
by Sylvia Plath.
Is no different from an empty pair of dance shoes
alliteration
refrain
hyperbole
metaphor
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