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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) |
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How many tin cans can you see in this picture?
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COMPETITION TIME
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Hall of Fame - Winners! 11 March Comp' 2005 - Dharti Bhikha - signed copy of "The Forward Press Top 100 Poets Anthology, 2004."
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!
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.
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