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  Poetry Quiz

1)    How many syllables are there in a haiku?

2)    What does a simile mean?

3)    Which one of these is a limerick?

(a)

   To the shop I must go.

   Choosing with what to adorn, the mound of my weight,

   My shoes chatter, about their fate.

   To the shop I must, go.

(b) 

      I once met an old man from Spain,

     Who came here and hated the rain.

     "Though the weather is grim, 

     If you can learn how to swim",

   I told him, "there's a lot more to gain".

(c)

     Man gets on the train,

    Heart's heavy, looks for seat- None.

    Just- fifteen, more, stops.

 

4)       (1)    Metaphor    (2)    Metafore       or    (3)    Metaphore          Which one is the correct spelling?

5)         And    finally,    how many feet are there in an "iambic pentameter"?     (Answers below)


    How many tin cans can you see in this picture?  


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    Hall of Fame - Winners!

 

1 August Comp' 2004 - Enoch Kabungo - signed copy of "Therapy".8 October Comp' 2004 - Margaret Abebe - signed copy of "In The Name Of Fame" - Forward Press,  Anthology.

11 March Comp' 2005 - Dharti Bhikha - signed copy of "The Forward Press Top 100 Poets Anthology, 2004."

 


Poetry Quiz Answers:-

1) There are 17. 5 -7 -5. 2) A simile is "a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses); to compare"- Merriam Webster online dictionary.

3) The answer is number 2.  A limerick is a light verse which has 5 lines. The first, second and fifth lines rhyme.  Wherereas the third and fourth lines rhyme.

4) The correct spelling is number 1 - "Metaphor" .

5) The answer is 5. In a poetry verse, a foot is the basic unit of a meter used to describe rhythm. - Wikipedia, (online.)org.

( Scores:   1-2  = Loser, go back to school!;   3  = Not bad, not bad... getting there; 4 = Nearly made it; 5  = Did you cheat? Or are you a natural genius?)

Picture Question: -                                            How many tin cans did you see in the picture? The answer should be 10!   


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