Foam brightens like the dogwood now is an example of

1. Scan this line from Cowley's poem: "its hills bent low within my reach." How many feet does this line
contain?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 4
D. 7

2. When a poet wishes to use figurative language, he or she will use words that are
A. only connotative.
B. only denotative.
C. ambiguous.
D. both connotative and denotative.

3. Which one of the following lines best illustrates personification?
A. A narrow wind complains all day.
B. Spring is a dream unsung.
C. She floated graceful as a dove.
D. The fog comes on little cat feet.

4. "Foam brightens like the dogwood now" is an example of
A. a metaphor.
B. consonance.
C. alliteration.
D. a simile.

1. "Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds" is an example of which type of poem?
A. Discursive
B. Dramatic
C. Narrative
D. Descriptive

2. Which one of the following words is an iamb?
A. Sally
B. Rachel
C. Alice
D. JoAnne

3. Who are the "fools" mentioned in the poem "Trees"?
A. Robins
B. Trees
C. Gods
D. Poets

4. A definition of formal poetry is verse that
A. uses figurative language.
B. sticks to certain traditional patterns.
C. is written in blank verse.
D. has no rhyme scheme.

1. Study the following lines:
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
These lines are an example of a/an
A. sestet.
B. couplet.
C. octet.
D. quatrain.

2. The final two lines of Shakespeare's "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" promises the subject of his sonnet
A. undying devotion.
B. unfading youth.
C. an endless summer.
D. immortality.

3. The line "I wandered lonely as a cloud" is an example of
A. alliteration.
B. a metaphor.
C. a couplet.
D. a simile.

4. Which one of the poems you've read uses the words floats, fluttering, and dancing?
A. "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?"
B. "Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds"
C. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
D. "The Long Voyage"

1. Which of these lines contains a metaphor?
A. You are like a sun to me.
B. Like unto death was her countenance.
C. She offered him a hundred-watt smile.
D. Now is your final hour.

2. The repeated use of the "o" sound in "A host, of golden daffodils" is called
A. alliteration.
B. consonance.
C. rhyme.
D. assonance.

3. During the Romantic period, poets placed an emphasis on
A. nature.
B. order.
C. discipline.
D. hierarchy.

4. Beyond tone, a poet's attitude toward his or her subject reveals to us a poem's
A. theme.
B. Structure.
C. Subject
D. Diction.

1. In her poem, "The New Colossus," Emma Lazarus identifies the Statue of Liberty with
A. the Colossus of Rhodes.
B. Old World tyranny.
C. a mother.
D. wretchedness.

2. What is the rhyme scheme in "How Doth the Little Crocodile"?
A. ABAB CDCD
B. AABB CCDD
C. ABAB ABAB
D. ABBA ABBA

3. In "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night," Dylan Thomas's phrase "wild men" describes
A. people who deny death.
B. people who embrace death.
C. those who trade dignity for madness.
D. those who celebrate life.

4. Which one of the following poems depends heavily on the use of allusion for effect?
A. "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"
B. "Grass"
C. "God's Grandeur"
D. "Death, Be Not Proud"