Poetry Final Review



1) What is "nodded nearly napping" an example of?



2) Who wrote "The Raven"?



3) How did Edgar Allan Poe die?



4) What is the internal rhyme in the following line:

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary”



5) How does Poe use setting to create mood in either “The Raven” or “The Oval Portrait”?



6) How is Poe's life reflected in his writing?


7) What did Henry David Thoreau do in “Walden”?



8) How does Emily Dickinson feel about prose writing?



9) How were some of Emily Dickinson’s poems edited?



10) What punctuation did ED mainly use?



11) What is an example of personification?



12) What is an example of onomatopoeia?



13) What is an example of alliteration?



14) What is the rhyme scheme for this poem?

Heart, we will forget him!

You and I, tonight!

You may forget the warmth he gave,

I will forget the light!





15) What type of rhyme is Emily Dickinson most noted for using