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Poetry Puzzlers
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What is symbolism?
The cross of snow in Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem of
the same name is a literal scene that
he feels captures the aching sense of
loss he feels eighteen years after his
wife’s death, creating this.
Row 1, Col 1
What is paradox?
When speaking of the wisdom of children,
William Wordsworth wrote, “The child
is the father of man.”
1,2
What is villanelle?
Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Art of
Losing” was written with this
structure with nineteen lines, five
tercets and a concluding quatrain,
with two alternately repeating
refrains.
1,3
What is the volta?
The major shift in tone or from
problem to solution, question to
answer, in a sonnet is called this.
1,4
What is a metaphor used to comfort her loved one in the
face of her imminent death?
Christina Rosetti’s poem, “Remember,”
describes heaven as a “silent land,”
utilizing this figure of speech and creating
this effect.
1,5
The mirage of the piece of marble cake that
appeared to Phoenix Jackson in this short story
utilizes this device to convey this meaning.
2,1
The device utilized Cyril Dabydeen in “Mammita’s
Garden Cove” when Max recalls scenes from his
youth in the West Indies.
2,2
What is synecdoche?
“Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.”
2,3
What is metonymy?
“The pen is mightier than the
sword.”
2,4
What is paradox?
Meursault utilizes this when he says of the
Chaplain (who tried unsuccessfully to get
him to convert to a belief in God on Death
Row), “He wasn’t even sure he was alive,
because he was living like a dead man.”
2,5
What is aside?
Iago utilizes this dramatic term in scheming with
Roderigo to avoid detection as the duplicitous
villain that he is.
3,1
What is a dramatic monologue?
When Polonius issues a long lecture to Laertes before sending him
off to France with the ironic concluding advice “To thine own
self be true,” he has delivered this kind of speech.
3,2
Who is a parallel character to Hamlet?
3,3
What is chiasmus and metatheater to illustrate his belief
that theater plays an important role as a mirror to the
human condition of all mankind?
3,4
What is an oxymoron to describe Desdemona,
conveying his inner conflict between loving her and
hating her?
Othello exclaims, “Excellent
wretch!” In this scene, he is
utilizing this literary term to
describe this person, conveying
this about his feelings.
3, 5
Who is Maxine?
The name of the narrator of Woman Warrior
4,1
Ophelia’s father
4,2
The names of Celie’s children.
4,3
Who is Grete?
4,4
Who are the DeLaceys (Felix, Safie, Agatha, and their blind
father)?
The character(s) responsible for the
Creature’s gift with words.
4,5
Who is Brabantio?
3,5