Poetry Devices Matching
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Exam ReviewMrs. Stephens
Poetry
Poetry Devices Matching
Foreachgroup,matchthetermontheleftwiththedescriptioncorrectdescriptionontheright.
____similea. giving humanqualities to a non‐humanfigure
____metaphorb. exaggeration for emphasis or humorouseffect
____personificationc. a direct comparison of two unlike things, notusinglikeoras
____hyperboled. a comparison between two unlike things using the words likeoras
____alliterationa. the repetition of initial consonantsounds
____consonanceb. the repetition of vowel soundsinunrhymedwords
____assonancec. using words that imitatesounds
____onomatopoeiad. the repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends ofwords
____allusiona. a writer’s choice of words and way of arrangingsentences
____dictionb. when an author says the oppositeof what he/she means foreffect
____ironyc. an author’s attitude toward his/hersubject
____connotationd. an indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literarywork
____tonee. the emotional associations of a word, beyond its dictionarydefinition
PoetryAnalysis
Onthefollowingpagesyouwillfindpoemsandaccompanyingquestions.Answer all of the questions by circling the answer, and then recording your answer below.
Miss Rosie LucilleClifton
when I watchyou wrapped up likegarbage
sitting, surrounded by thesmellof too old potatopeels
or
when I watchyou
in your old man's shoes with the little toe cutoutsitting, waiting for yourmind like next week'sgrocery
Isay
when I watchyou
you wet brown bag of awoman
who used to be the best looking gal inGeorgiaused to be called the GeorgiaRose
I standup
through yourdestructionI standup
- All of the lines in this poemare:
a.enjambed
b.end‐stopped
- Which line from this poem useshyperbole?
a.wrapped up like garbage / sitting, surroundedbythesmell
b.sitting, waiting for yourmind
c.who used to be the best looking gal inGeorgia
d.I stand up / through yourdestruction
- This poem could be classifiedas:
a.organic
b.traditional
- Which line does not containalliteration?
a.when I watchyou
b.used to be called the GeorgiaRose
c.sitting, surrounded by thesmell
d.wet brown bag of awoman
The Sonnet-BalladGwendolynBrooks
Oh mother, mother, where ishappiness?They took my lover's tallness off towar,Left me lamenting. Now I cannotguess What I can use an empty heart‐cup for. He won't be coming back here anymore. Some day the war will end, but, oh, Iknew
When he went walking grandly out thatdoorThat my sweet love would have to beuntrue.Would have to be untrue. Would have tocourt Coquettish death, whose impudent andstrangePossessive arms and beauty (of asort)
Can make a hard man hesitate‐‐andchange. And he will be the one to stammer,"Yes." Oh mother, mother, where ishappiness?
18.This poem could be classifiedas:
a.traditional
b.organic
19.Would have to be untrue. Would have tocourt Coquettish death, whose impudent andstrangePossessive arms and beauty (of asort)
The dominant device in these linesis:
a.simile
b.metaphor
c.hyperbole
d.personification
20.The rhyme scheme of the first four lines ofthe poemis:
a.abab
b.abba
c.abcb
d.unrhymed
21.Now I cannot guess / What I can use anempty heart‐cupfor
The dominant device in these linesis:
a.simile
b.metaphor
c.personification
d.hyperbole
Aftermath SiegfriedSassoon
Have you forgottenyet?...
For the world’s events have rumbled on since those gaggeddays,Like traffic checked while at the crossing ofcity‐ways:
And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughtsthat flow
Like clouds in the lit heaven of life; and you’re a man reprievedto go,
Taking your peaceful share of Time, with joy tospare.
But the past is just the same‐and War’s a bloodygame...
Have you forgottenyet?...
Look down, and swear by the slain of the War that you’llneverforget.
Do you remember the dark months you held the sectorat Mametz–
The nights you watched and wired and dug and piled sandbagsonparapets?
Do you remember the rats; and thestench
Of corpses rotting in front of the front‐linetrench‐
And dawn coming, dirty‐white, and chill with a hopelessrain? Do you ever stop and ask, ‘Is it all going to happenagain?’
Do you remember that hour of din before theattack–
And the anger, the blind compassion that seized and shookyou then
As you peered at the doomed and haggard faces of yourmen? Do you remember the stretcher‐cases lurchingback
With dying eyes and lolling heads—thoseashen‐greyMasks of the lads who once were keen and kind andgay?
Have you forgottenyet?...
Look up, and swear by the greenofthe spring that you’ll neverforget.
22.Which linedemonstratesinternal rhyme?
a.Do you remember the rats;and thestench
b.Do you remember the hour ofdinbefore the attack‐
c.But the past is just thesame‐and War’s a bloodygame
d.Masks of the lads who oncewerekeen and kind andgay?
23.Which phrase does notcontain any assonance?
a.Masks of thelads
b.dyingeyes
c.remember thestretcher‐cases
d.dawn coming,dirty‐white
The Summer I WasSixteen GeraldineConnolly
The turquoise pool rose up to meetus,its slide a silver afterthought downwhich
we plunged, screaming, into a mirage ofbubbles.We did not exist beyond the gaze of aboy.
Shaking water off our limbs, we lifted up from ladder rungs across thefern‐cool lip of rim. Afternoon. Oiled andsated,
we sunbathed, rose and paraded theconcrete,
danced to the low beat of "Duke ofEarl".Past cherry colas, hot‐dogs,Dreamsicles,
we came to the counter where beesstaggeredinto root beer cups and drowned. Wegobbled
cotton candy torches, sweet as furtivekisses,shared on benches beneath summershadows.Cherry.Elm.Sycamore. We spread ourchenille blankets across grass, pressed radios to ourears,
mouthing the old words, thenloosened
thin bikini straps and rubbed baby oil withiodineacross sunburned shoulders, tossing aglance through the chain link at an improbableworld.
24.Which line or phrase does not containan example ofassonance?
a.lip ofrim
b.Oiled and sated, / we sunbathed, roseand paraded
c.thin bikinistraps
d.through the chainlink
25.Which line demonstratesconsonance?
a.we came to the counter where beesstaggered
b.blankets across grass, pressed radios to ourears
c.Shaking water off our limbs, welifted
d.Cherry. Elm. Sycamore. We spread ourchenille
26.Which line contains ametaphor?
a.The turquoise pool rose up to meetus
b.bees staggered / into root beercups
c.thin bikini straps and rubbed baby oil withiodine
d.cotton candy torches, sweet as furtivekisses