

What is a poem called whose first letters of each line spell out a word?ģ8. From which of Shakespeare’s plays is this famous line: ‘Did my heart love til now?/ Forswear it, sight/ For I never saw a true beauty until this night’ģ7. From what century does the poetic form the folk ballad date?ģ6. Who wrote this famous line: ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day/ Thouart more lovely and more temperate…’ģ5. Which poet invented the concept of the variable foot in poetry?ģ4. Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse?ģ3. What is the study of poetry’s meter and form called?ģ2. Which of the following is not a poetic tradition?ģ1. What is the earliest surviving European poem?ģ0. True or false: Writing predates poetry.Ģ9.

Which of the following is not a literary device used for aesthetic effectĢ8. In his poem Kipling said ‘If you can meet with triumph and. In 1960 ‘The Colossus’ was the first book of poems published by whichĢ6. Which influential American poet was born in Long Island in 1819?Ģ5. Carl Sandburg ‘Planked whitefish’ contains what kind of imagery?Ģ4. Sylvia Plath married which English poet?Ģ3.

A poem that generally has meter and rhymeĢ2. A poem that tells a story with plot,setting, and charactersĢ1.

a description that appeals to one of the five sensesġ9. Using words or letters to imitate soundsġ8. The comparison of unlike things using the words like or asġ7. A comparison of unlike things without using a word of comparison such as like or asġ6. The repetition of beginning consonant soundsġ5. Applying human qualities to non-human thingsġ4. The repetition of similar ending soundsġ3. A pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of poetryġ2. Who wrote about the idyllic ‘Isle of Innisfree’?ġ1. Which American writer published ‘A brave and startling truth’ in 1996ġ0. Which Poet Laureate wrote about a church mouse?ĩ. Rupert Brooke wrote his poetry during which conflict?Ĩ. She never attempted to publish her poetryħ. What was strange about Emily Dickinson?Ĭ. Harold Nicholson described which poet as ‘Very yellow and glum. In coleridge’s poem ‘The rime of the Ancient Mariner’where were the three gallants going?ĥ. Which kind of poem is Edward Lear associated with?Ĥ. Which poet is considered a national hero in Greece?ģ. Let me not to the marriage of true mindsĢ. In faith I do not love thee with mine eyesĭ. Which poem ends ‘I shall but love thee better after death’?Ĭ. English Literature Multiple Choice Questionsġ.
