Comparing Poetry: Poetic Devices

Question 1

Read this excerpt from "The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe.For every sound that floatsFrom the rust within their throatsIs a groan.

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Poe uses rhyme, assonance, and onomatopoeia to create a mournful mood.

Question 2

Read the poem excerpt.A backyard reality is rearranged.Hopscotch lines cower and hide,The toys in the yard . . . lost until spring.

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The meter is free, making the poem unpredictable.

Question 3

Read this excerpt from “Sea Fever” by John Masefield.And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking,

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The fixed meter and predictable rhyme scheme create an upbeat rhythm.

Question 4

Which phrase from the "The Bells” best conveys the mood of lines 70-94?

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melancholy menace

Question 5

Read the poem.Throat is dry;weather’s hot.I buy a canand pop the top.I lift the canto trembling lips,And find reliefWith one cool sip.

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Question 6

Read the poem.Skimming the bottomIn the company of toes,I observe the deep endThough nobody knows.In the depths, I am bold,On the surface—shy.My goggles transform me:An underwater spy.

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