Question

multiple choice: circle the correct answer.

1. what term best applies to this stanza?

“april is the cruelest month, breeding
lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
memory and desire, stirring
dull roots with spring rain.”

• “the waste land” by t.s eliot

a. enjambment
b. end - stopping

1. the underlined letters are an example of which poetic device?

“twas later when the summer went
than when the cricket came,
and yet we knew that gentle clock
meant nought but going home.”

• emily dickinson

a. alliteration
b. rhyme
c. assonance
d. consonance

1. when two words sound the same, especially at the end of each line, as in:

“he shall no longer be a visitor to the sea”
what do we call this term?
a. alliteration
b. rhyme
c. repetition
d. personification

1. this term simply refers to how the poem is divided, and could be loosely referred to as the sentences of the poem.

a. form
b. stanza
c. lines
d. meter

1. the underlined letters are an example of which poetic device?

“he gives his harness bells a shake
to ask if there is some mistake.
the only other sound’s the sweep
of easy wind and downy flake.”

• robert frost, “stopping by woods on a snowy evening”

a. rhyme
b. assonance
c. alliteration
d. consonance

1. what term best applies to this stanza?

shall i compare thee to a summer’s day?
thou art more lovely and more temperate.
rough winds do shake the darling buds of may,
and summer’s lease hath all too short a date…

• “sonnet 18” by william shakespeare

a. enjambment
b. end - stopping

Explanation:

1. Enjambment occurs when a sentence or phrase runs over from one line of poetry to the next without a pause. In the stanza from The Waste Land, the thought continues from one line to the next without a full - stop at the end of each line.
2. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds. In the given lines, the repeated “t” sounds (e.g., “gentle clock”) are an example of consonance.
3. Rhyme is when two words sound the same, especially at the end of each line. In the example “He shall no longer be a visitor to the sea”, the end - words create a rhyme.
4. Lines are the basic units of a poem's division. While “form” is more about the overall structure (sonnet, free verse etc.), “stanza” is a group of lines, and “meter” is about the rhythm.
5. Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sounds. In “He gives his harness bells a shake...”, the repeated “h” and “b” sounds (initial consonants) are examples of alliteration.
6. End - stopping is when a line of poetry ends with a grammatical pause (like a period, comma, or semicolon). In Sonnet 18, each line has a more defined pause at the end compared to enjambment.

Answer:

1. A. Enjambment
2. d. Consonance
3. B. Rhyme
4. C. lines
5. c. Alliteration
6. b. End - stopping