Elements of Poetry Quiz

1. What is the usual term for the voice that speaks within a poem?

2. Which sound device is emphasized by the repeated long “o” sound in “Slow boats float home”?

3. In “A stroke of luck struck the dark lake,” the repeated “k” sound occurs at the ends or within several words. Which device best describes this pattern?

4. Which term refers to language that appeals to senses such as sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell?

5. Which figure of speech appears in “The moon is a lantern above the road”?

6. What is a grouped set of lines in a poem, usually separated from other groups by a blank line?

7. A poetic foot follows an unstressed-stressed pattern, as in the word “awake.” What type of foot is it?

8. A sentence continues from one poetic line to the next without a grammatical pause or punctuation at the line break. What technique is this?

9. Throughout a poem, a locked gate repeatedly appears when the speaker considers pursuing a dream. What is the gate most likely functioning as?

10. Read the line: “At last, the rain has found us; let the thirsty gardens sing.” Which tone is most strongly conveyed?

11. A four-line stanza ends with the words “stone,” “light,” “alone,” and “night.” What is its rhyme scheme?

12. Which sound device is most prominent in “Silver skiffs slide silently seaward”?

13. A poem repeats the same complete line at the end of every stanza. What is that repeated line called?

14. Which device is used in the line “The pond shone like a fallen piece of sky”?

15. Which device appears in the line “The impatient wind knocked at every door”?

16. In the line “I waited—then turned away,” the dash creates a strong pause within the line. What is that pause called?