chapter 1

Question 1

qualities of poetry

Answer 1

Stanza’s, Uses meter, Figurative language, Rhymes, Sound devices, Rhythm.

Question 2

Epic Poems

Answer 2

Tell lengthy stories with a hero and they are dramatic. An example of this is Beowulf.

Question 3

Narrative Poems

Answer 3

Not dramatic, tells stories about day to day life actions. An example of this is the wife’s lement.

Question 4

Lyric Poems

Answer 4

used to be a musical type of poem, not so much anymore. Expresses the emotions of the speaker.

Question 5

Dramatic Poems

Answer 5

Relies heavily on dramatic elements such as monologues and dialogues. Told from someone other than the actual poet.

Question 6

Stanza

Answer 6

A break before and after a group of words or sentences, sometimes just a group of sentences.

Question 7

Rhyme Scheme

Answer 7

A pattern of end rhymes at the end of a poem.

Question 8

End Rhyme

Answer 8

Ending of lines that have similar sounding words.

Question 9

Slant Rhyme

Answer 9

Words with similar vowel sounds but do not rhyme.

Question 10

Internal Rhyme

Answer 10

Rhymes within one line

Question 11

Caesure

Answer 11

It means pause

Question 12

Meter

Answer 12

Counts syllables or stress

Question 13

Rhythm

Answer 13

Interplay of stress

Question 14

Feet

Answer 14

Smallest metrical unit

Question 15

Stress

Answer 15

The emphasis that falls on certain syllables but not others

Question 16

Figurative Language

Answer 16

language that engages the imagination.

Question 17

Sound Devices

Answer 17

any poetic device that engages the way you view a poem or hear a poem.

Question 18

Figurative language examples

Answer 18

Metaphor- he was the guardian of fate… Simile- he is like a bear with wings.

Question 19

Sound device example

Answer 19

Alliteration- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word.

Question 20

Monologue

Answer 20

only one person speaks or tells the story.

Question 21

Is Beowoulf monologue or dialogue

Answer 21

It is a monologue

Question 22

Elegiac Tone

Answer 22

Talks about death or mourning.

Question 23

The Seafarer

Answer 23

Talks about death coming. The Seafarer talks about his past times sailing in the ocean and his past hardships while traveling at sea.

Question 24

The Wife’s Lament

Answer 24

Talks about death coming. The wife talks about the hardship of being exiled and being left behind.

Question 25

Beowulf

Answer 25

Beowulf defeats Grendel. It’s an epic poem.

Question 26

An Epic

Answer 26

Shows a heroic act.

Question 27

Kenning

Answer 27

basically a word metaphor- a 2 word phrase.

Question 28

hyperbole

Answer 28

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant literally

Question 29

Alliteration

Answer 29

similar sounding consonants.

Question 30

What 2 figures of speech help an author make comparisons.

Answer 30

Kenning and Hyperbole.

Question 31

ten cents for twelve

Answer 31

dime a dozen

Question 32

cherished win

Answer 32

sweet success

Question 33

monetary bovine

Answer 33

cash cov

Question 34

accomplish or perish

Answer 34

do or die

Question 35

sharp-needled fruit

Answer 35

prickly pear