116 Answered Questions for the topic Poetry

11/16/15

PLEASE HELP need to make each line 10 syllables but really difficult :( and it has to keep same rhyme scheme
TimeTime is like a maze for it lasts up to endless days.When I look at the clock that tells time.It feels like the tide bringing in waves.I feel like a bell has chimed.Signaling the end of life's... more
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11/11/15

Please help me explore the following poem.
I Know Why The Caged Bird SingsThe free bird leaps? on the back of the wind? and floats downstream? till the current ends? and dips his wings? in the orange sun rays?and dares to claim the... more
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11/11/15

Please help me explore the following poem.
SilenceThe blind spins upsnatched by the window frame.I gaze at this blank day.Here are the trees so very greenagainst the blanched sky;no clouds, no fogjust the back of a mirror,a pearl in... more
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08/21/15

how to mark the meter of a poem and scan it ?
Ive never learned anything of iambic and meters so when this was in the summer packet in my new school I got really nervous can anyone help break down how to scan a poem? the poem is if we must die... more
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05/25/15

Substituting in Iambic Pentameter Poem Help
Could someone please assist me in writing this?  It's not going so well for me on my own.   Write five pairs of lines, each in perfect iambic pentameter except for one foot, in which the... more
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Poetry

04/29/15

Which poetic line contains an example of consonance?
Which poetic line contains an example of consonance? A. Slight thy form, and low thy seat B. What a world of happiness their harmony foretells! C. He gives his harness bells a shake D. Left not... more
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Poetry

04/28/15

What comment does the author make through the analogy at the end of this paragraph?
What comment does the author make through the analogy at the end of this paragraph?  Great geniuses have the shortest biographies. Their cousins can tell you nothing about them. They lived in,... more
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11/14/14

I need help to look over my sonnet
The sun is going downThere’s no one around to make me smileI'm walking slowly in this lonely towna light went cross a mileI try to catch it but its far awayAgain the cold winter cameI'm still... more
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10/26/14

What are the literary and sound devices in this poem?
What are the literary (Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Oxymoron, Irony, etc.) and sound (Assonance, Consonance, Alliteration, Cacophony, etc.) in this poem? Thank you!   One of my wishes is... more
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Poetry English

10/20/14

What is a sequence/series poem?
I was given a prompt to write a sequence/series poem by my poetry teacher but she didn't explain it. What are the parameters of this type of poem? I can find anything on google.  
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Poetry

10/16/14

why does th green knight forgive sir gawain in the end ?
sir Gawain and the green knight
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Poetry

10/16/14

how does sir gawain get the green sash? what is special about it ?
sir Gawain and the green knight
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Poetry

10/16/14

describe what happens at king arthurs court that shows the green knights superhuman qualities.
from , sir Gawain and the green knight
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Poetry

10/16/14

when sir gawain compares himself to the other knights of king arthur's court, how does he describe himself?
sir Gawain and the green knight
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Poetry

10/16/14

after the green knight addresses king arthur and his knights, king arthur says, " by heaven, sir, your request is strange." what is the green knights request ?
sir Gawain and the green knight
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03/08/14

why does Edgar Allan poe use repetition in Annabel Lee?
I think that he uses repitition to creat an emotional feeling
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