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Poetry Unit

Analyze poetry excerpts, identify literary devices, explore central themes, and practice critical thinking in this unit test. Test your understanding of similes, personification, oxymoron, allusions, metaphors, and poetic form constraints.

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Poetry Unit

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  1. Poetry Unit Practice Test Questions 2

  2. The phrase “naked foot of poesy” is an example of which of the following technical devices? simile personification oxymoron allusion Let us find out, if we must be constrain'd,Sandals more interwoven and completeTo fit the naked foot of poesy;

  3. 2. The phrase “dead leaves” probably refers to surprising and original metaphors the pages of a book of poetry boring, worn-out conventions of poetry the closely guarded secrets of style Misers of sound and syllable, no lessThan Midas of his coinage, let us beJealous of dead leaves in the bay wreath crown;

  4. If by dull rhymes our English must be chain'd, And, like Andromeda, the Sonnet sweet Fetter'd, in spite of pained loveliness; Let us find out, if we must be constrain'd, Sandals more interwoven and complete To fit the naked foot of poesy; Let us inspect the lyre, and weigh the stress Of every chord, and see what may be gain'd By ear industrious, and attention meet: Misers of sound and syllable, no less Than Midas of his coinage, let us be Jealous of dead leaves in the bay wreath crown; So, if we may not let the Muse be free, She will be bound with garlands of her own. 3. Which of the following best states the central idea of the poem? Poets must jealously guard the traditional forms of the sonnet. Sonnets should be free of all restrictions. The constraint of the sonnet from will lead to discipline and creativity. Poems in restricted forms should be original and carefully crafted.

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