Twenty Questions Poetry Unit Test Review Subject: GRC ELA - Cline
Twenty Questions
1. Who wrote the poem “The Courage That My Mother Had”? Edna St. Vincent Millay
2. What is the poem “The Railway Train” about? A train traveling from beginning of journey to end.
3. Who wrote the poem “Annabel Lee”? Edgar Allan Poe
4. What is a concrete poem? A poem with a shape that suggests its subject
5. Who wrote the poem “Miracles”? Walt Whitman
6. What is the definition of denotation? The dictionary meaning of a word
7. Who “envies” Annabel Lee? The angels
8. Who is the narrator in “The Cremation of Sam McGee”? Cap or Sam’s friend
9. What is the definition of connotation? The set of ideas associated with a word in addition to its explicit meaning.
10. Who wrote the poem “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout”? Shel Silverstein
11. What is the definition of free verse? Poetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter.
12. Which poem is about a mother comparing her life to a staircase? “Mother to Son”
13. What 2 sensory images are in the poem “Seal”? Alliteration & onomatopoeia
14. What type of poem is the poem “Seal”? Concrete poem
15. What is the definition of limerick? A humorous, rhyming, five-line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme.
16. Who wrote the poem “Father William”? Lewis Carroll
17. Where is Sam McGee originally from in the poem “The Cremation of Sam McGee”? Tennessee
18. What is the definition of a lyric poem? A highly musical verse that expresses the observations & feelings of a single speaker.
19. What happens at the end of poem “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout”? Neighbors move away, none of her friends come to play, & poet won’t say what happened to her.
20. What is the definition of refrain? A regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song.