Poetry Assignment metaphor simile personification internal rhyme end rhyme alliteration, assonance apostrophe caesura paradox irony ambiguity symbol quatrain couplet haiku elegy persona praise poem s


Poetry Assignment 

metaphor

simile

personification

internal rhyme

end rhyme

alliteration, assonance

apostrophe

caesura

paradox

irony

ambiguity

symbol

quatrain

couplet

haiku

elegy

persona

praise poem

satire

stanza

narrative poem

free verse

formal verse

diction

tonal change

What term or terms from above best fit each part in bold?

Tiger, tiger, burning bright       _________________________In the forests of the night,What immortal hand or eyeCould frame thy fearful symmetry?  

In what distant deeps or skiesBurnt the fire of thine eyes?    __________________________On what wings dare he aspire?What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder and what artCould twist the sinews of thy heart?  _______________________And, when thy heart began to beat,What dread hand and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?In what furnace was thy brain?What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,And watered heaven with their tears,      ______________________________Did He smile His work to see?Did He who made the lamb make thee?  ______________________________

Tiger, tiger, burning brightIn the forests of the night,What immortal hand or eyeDare frame thy fearful symmetry?   ________________________________

Is the poem in free verse or formal verse?__________________________How do you know?

What stanza structure does this poem use?______________________

Is the choice of words (diction)  literary-sounding/educated/elevated (high), OR more ordinary and conversational (middle-level), OR casual, loose, low, slangy? ______________

What are the tonal/dramatic changes in the poem? Mark and Describe them.

The poet addresses the tiger directly so this poem is an _____________________

The poem uses lots of rhyme and repetition.  Give examples of each kind of rhyme: internal rhyme, end rhyme, couplet.

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What line or lines have the most ambiguity, with many possible overtones or meanings?

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