Poetry

Question 1

What can the title of the poem help with

Answer 1

Give us clues to what the peom is about or how the poet feels about what he is writing.

Helps us get a better understanding of the overall meaning

Question 2

What can the biography of the poet help us with

Answer 2

Gives the reader a clue about why the poem has been written.

Places the poem in context and this helps us to understand how and why the poem was written

Question 3

Who is the speaker

Answer 3

The person telling us what is happening in the poem

Question 4

Who is the poet

Answer 4

The person who writes a poem

Question 5

What Is the context of the poem

Answer 5

What the poem is about

Question 6

What is the intention of a poem

Answer 6

What he wants to achieve through the writing of the poem.

P= to persuade 
I= to inform 
E= to entertain

Question 7

What does prosody mean

Answer 7

Structure

Question 8

Explain prosody/structure

Answer 8

How the structure of the poem is arranged and how this contributes to meaning

Question 9

Explain how line length can affect rhythm

Answer 9

Short lines speed up the pace of the poem while longer lines slow down the pace of the poem and make te rhythm more flowing

Question 10

What is analyzing meter called

Answer 10

Scansion

Question 11

What is meter

Answer 11

Stressed and unsurpassed syllables put together in specific patterns that help contribute to the rhythm

Question 12

What is rhyme created by

Answer 12

Matching sounds of words

Question 13

What is end rhyme

Answer 13

Rhyme at the end of the poem

Question 14

What is initial rhyme

Answer 14

Rhyme at the beginning of a line

Question 15

What is internal rhyme

Answer 15

Rhyme within one or more lines

Question 16

What is diction

Answer 16

Word choice

Question 17

What does diction refer to

Answer 17

The words the poet chooses

Question 18

What is denotation

Answer 18

Dictionary meaning

Question 19

What is connotation

Answer 19

Implied meaning

Question 20

What is syntax

Answer 20

The way the poet chooses to use and arrange words

Question 21

Define juxtaposition

Answer 21

Two dissimilar things are compared or contacted to achieve a new ad interesting effect

Question 22

Define elision

Answer 22

The intentional omission of words

Question 23

Define refrain

Answer 23

Repetition of words or ideas

Question 24

Define anaphora

Answer 24

The repetition of the same words at the beginning of phrases, lines or sentences

Question 25

What does punctuation help establish

Answer 25

Tone and mood

Can either slow down or speed up the pace and rhythm of a poem

Question 26

Lots of punctuation = lots of pauses = slower pace= slow rhythm = calm mood

Answer 26

Little punctuation = less pauses = faster pace = fast rhythm = energetic mood

Question 27

What is figurative language

Answer 27

Language that is used figuratively- where the meaning of a word sentence goes beyond the ordinary or everyday literal meaning

Question 28

What is imagery

Answer 28

When the words and descriptions used appeal to a specific sense

Question 29

What are the five types of imagery

Answer 29

Visual 
Olfactory 
Auditory/ aural imagery 
Gustatory 
Tactile

Question 30

Alternate rhyme.

Answer 30

Abab

Question 31

Coupled rhyme.

Answer 31

Aa bb cc dd

Question 32

Enclosed/ envelope rhyme

Answer 32

Abba cddc

Question 33

Wht is the subject

Answer 33

What the poem is about

Question 34

What is the theme

Answer 34

The broad underlying idea or message that is shared in the poem

Question 35

What is tone

Answer 35

The attitude of the writer towards his subject

Question 36

What is the mood

Answer 36

What is experienced by the audience or reader

Question 37

What is symbolism

Answer 37

Using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea