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Transcendental Poetic Jeopardy

Elements of Poetry

Question: When human qualities are given to a non-human object.
Answer: Personification

Question: This poetic device is used at the end of a Robert Frost poem when the phrase "and miles to go before I sleep" appears multiple times.
Answer: Repetition

Question: This has 14 lines....and rhymes. Shakespeare was a big fan.
Answer: Sonnet

Question: The speaker of a poem.
Answer: Persona

Question: "The grass is always greener on the other side" is an example of this.
Answer: Cliche

Comparisons

Question: A comparison using like or as
Answer: Simile

Question: The water well was as dry as a bone.
Answer: Simile

Question: Kisses are the flowers of affection.
Answer: Metaphor

Question: They fought like cats and dogs.
Answer: Simile

Question: Tom's eyes were ice as he stared at her.
Answer: Metaphor

In a Transce

Question: This author was arrested for not paying taxes
Answer: Thoreau

Question: You might find this author quietly contemplating his likeness to grass.
Answer: Whitman

Question: The only one he relies on is himself.
Answer: Emerson

Question: The original tiny house hipster.
Answer: Thoreau

Question: He prefers individual servings.
Answer: Emerson

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