Instructions:

(1) Answer the following questions as directed, either on these sheets or an attached sheet.
(2) You may use your books or outside resources in answering.
(3) When asked for examples, do not use the main example given in your text. However, you may use examples from the class posts on MyHeritage or the supplemental poems in the text.
(4) Return the exam to my office (Simkins 2112), post on MyHeritage (PREFERRED!!), or e-mail by 5:00 p.m. on the date posted on the Course Schedule.

(1) Give an example of each of the following types of poem (1 point each; 4 points total):

(a) Lyric
(b) Narrative
(c) Didactic
(d) Imagistic

(2) Define AND give an example of the following terms as used to discuss poetry (2 points each; 12points total):

(a) Tone
(b) Voice
(c) Persona
(d) Theme
(e) Allusion
(f) Irony

(3) Explain the difference between a word's denotation and its connotation AND give an example of two words with the same denotation but different connotations (2 points).

(4) Mark and identify the meter (stress pattern and number of feet) used in the following passages (1 point each; 4 points total):

You should read them aloud to make sure that you "hear" the beat properly. Notice that some stress patterns for single-syllable words COULD be spoken differently, but only one naturally fits the overall meter.

(a) Galloping, galloping / Ev'rything riveting

b) One Monday morning, 9 a.m. / I fell and landed on my friend.

(c) Paula posted selfies, never stopping, never stopping / Steve ate ev'ry sundae, without toppings, without toppings.

(d) Oh fool Potter, you rotter, just see what you've done! / When you killed off those students, did you find it fun?

(5) Give a brief definition AND an example of the following five (5) figures of speech (2 points each; 10 points total):

(a) Simile
(b) Metaphor
(c) Personification
(d) Hyperbole
(e) Synecdoche

(6) Explain the difference between symbol and allegory AND give an example of each (2 points).

(7) Explain the difference between closed form and open form poetry AND give an example of each (2 points total):

(8) Give a brief definition AND example of the following five (5) terms describing the sound of a poem (2 points each; 10 points total):

(a) Alliteration
(b) Assonance
(c) Rime
(d) Slant rime
(e) Masculine/feminine rime

(9) Explain FOUR of the following closed forms and give an example (1 point each; 4 points total):

(a) Ballad (hymn) meter
(b) Tanka
(c) Sonnet
(d) Limerick
(e) Sestina
(f) Acrostic