Republic of the Philippines

Jose RizaRl Memorial State University

The Premier University in Zamboanga del Norte
Main Campus, Dapitan City
College of Arts and Sciences

Poetry

NAME _Princess Mae P. Colina___COURSE & YEAR BSA- 1___ SUBJECT LIT 1: POETRY_

PART I

Test I. In one or two sentences, say something on the following and give your own examples. Examples
copied from the Net or verbatim (word for word) reproduction from classmates aren’t given pints.
Examples must be your own or coming from your own ideas.

1. Simile – It is comparison of an object that usually indicates "like" or "as".

ex. Taylor's lips is as red as blood
2. Personification - It is when a things or an objects personifies a human beings, characteristics or any
living things.
ex. The thunder growled like a tiger

3. Irony – It is a statement that conveys the exact opposite meaning of what is being said.
ex. A pilot has a fear of heights
4. Symbol – A symbol an enhance a theme, an idea or a character.
ex. The color white in Philippine flag symbolizes freedom and peace.

5. Onomatopoeia –It is a word that imitates sound.

ex. The car horn beeped loudly
6. Apostrophe – It is where a speaker addresses an absent or dead person or something that is not
human.
ex. 'Without a love of my own'
7. Synecdoche – A figure of speech in which a name of a part is used to refer a whole.
ex. I gazed upon a thousand fireflies

8. Metonymy – It is where an objects' name is replaced with another name.

ex. Pen is mightier than swords
9. Paradox – In which a statements contradicts itself.
ex. "War is peace"

10. Metaphor – A sentence stating that two things are similar.

ex. The assignment was a breeze.
11. Antithesis – It is the used of an opposite in order to highlight a part.
ex. "Actions, not words"

12. Oxymoron – It a phrase that combines contradictory terms.

ex. Inside out, alone together

13. Allusion – It is a casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event.

 ex. He's a real Romeo with a ladies.
14. Alliteration – It is the repetition of the beginning sound in a succession of words.
ex. Sandy saw a silly seal
15. Visual imagery – It refers to the things that you see.
ex. The moon shines so bright.

Test II. Identify if what types of figures of speech and elements of poetry are implicated or associated in
the following lines: (Shade the correct answer).

1. “The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree.”

 a. metaphor
 b. personification
 c. simile
 d. paradox

2. “The camel is the ship of the desert.”

 a. metaphor
 b. onomatopoeia
 c. irony
 d. alliteration

3. “Variety is the spice of life.”

 a. metaphor
 b. simile
 c. onomatopoeia
 d. personification

4. “Pride goeth forth on horseback, grand and gay.”

 a. metaphor
 b. antithesis
 c. simile
 d. personification

5. “O Solitude! Where are the charms that sages have seen in thy face?”
 a. apostrophe
 b. simile
 c. metaphor
 d. personification

6. “Why, man, if the river were dry, I am able to fill it with tears.”

 a. apostrophe
 b. simile
 c. metaphor
 d. personification

7. “Man proposes, but God disposes.”

 a. apostrophe
  b. simile
 c. antithesis
 d. personification

8. “The puppy is nauseous caused by the rancid, three-week-old milk fed to it from the refrigerator.”

 a. visual imagery
 b. gustatory imagery
 c. olfactory imagery
 d. tactile imagery

9. “Many are called but few are chose.”

 a. apostrophe
 b. simile
 c. antithesis
 d. personification

10. “He dipped her feet in the pond, slowly they were numbed by its icy water.”

 a. visual imagery
 b. gustatory imagery
 c. olfactory imagery
 d. tactile imagery

11. “If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.”
 a. proverb
 b. metaphor
 c. figure of speech
 d. all of the above

12. A boy is taken to the hospital. The nurse said, “he is in good hands.” The quoted line is
 a. synecdoche
 b. oxymoron
 c. metaphor
 d. metonymy

13. He is a man of “hired hands.”

 a. synecdoche
 b. oxymoron
 c. allusion
 d. metonymy

14. “I’m short of a bus fare, but fortunately some “good Samaritan” helped me out.

 a. synecdoche
 b. hyperbole
 c. allusion
 d. metonymy

15. “I’m so hungry I could, I could eat a horse.”

 a. synecdoche
 b. hyperbole
 c. allusion
 d. metonymy
 Follow the same instruction in Test I except that this time you have to circle the
correct answer.

16. “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.”

a. repetition
b. alliteration
c. assonance
d. litotes

17. “So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
a. repetition
b. alliteration
c. assonance
d. litotes

18. “When first I felt the darts of love, …”

a. personification
b. symbol
c. visual imagery
d. tactile imagery
e. b, c, & d

19. “Deep loves which I alone have known …they echo here within my heart.”
a. Onomatopoeia
b. Symbol
c. Onomatopoeia and auditory imagery
d. All of the above

20. “The words of women worried me,

The whispered scandals which they told.”

a. Paradox
b. Auditory imagery
c. Onomatopoeia
d. Assonance

Test II. Identify if what figures of speech and poetic elements used in the following lines. Use the space
provided:

Tactile imagery, Personification 1.“A thousand longings tore my soul, and left me in perplexity.” Tactile
imagery, Personification 2.“A thousand aching memories, I think shall never be forgot.”
Auditory imagery, Metaphor 3. “Still whisper to me in the air, Of loves for those who loves me not.”
Metaphor 4. “My first love was a hidden sun,”
Visual imagery, Synecdoche 5.“A dawn which never came to day.”
Simile, Visual imagery 6. “But like a lovely knot of hair, it fluttered loose and fell away.”
Personification, Auditory imagery7. “The words of women worried me, the whispered scandals which they
told.”
Tactile imagery, Personification 8. “Another knot of lovely hair, which I trembled loose and fell apart.”
Personification, Visual imagery 9. “My second love was ecstasy, a glorious glowing hidden fire.”
Personification, Auditory imagery10. “Deep loves which I alone have known …they echo here within my
heart.”
Personification, Gustatory imagery 11. “My third love was a letter sweet, a letter sealed but never sent,”
Personification, Gustatory imagery12. “My third love was a letter sweet, a letter sealed but never sent,”
Personification, Gustatory imagery13. “While I beheld without a tear, to tell the bitter cup I drank.”
Simile, Visual imagery 14. “And my high parents seemed to him, like mountains peaks against the
sky.”
Simile, Visual imagery, Auditory imagery 15. “By some fair maiden we have heard, who shone like
moonlight in his eyes,”
Metaphor 16. “The Prophet grant that no sad fate, May rob him of his maiden's
hand”
Metaphor , Olfactory imagery 17. “My fifth love was a sweet perfume…”
Metaphor , Olfactory imagery 18. “A fragrant flower which faded fast; His parents chose another girl”
Metaphor , Tactile imagery19. “.My sixth love was a strong south wind..”
Personification, Visual imagery20. “Till dark clouds gathered in the south, And soon the sun had ceased to
shine”
Personification, Visual imagery21.“Did he not swear his love was sure, And constant as the ardent sun?”
“Tactile imagery, Personification 22. "My seventh love is stronger still, A north wind blowing over the seas”
Personification, Visual imagery23.“And whipping for off unknown waves, While sunbeams dance upon the
breeze.”
Auditory imagery, Simile 24.“Such crowds would gather to rejoice, Their shouts like thunder
would be heard.”
Personification, Visual imagery 25.“Oh, how the sun might beam with smiles,”
Personification, Auditory imagery26.“Oh, how the world would ring with song,”
Personification, Visual imagery27.“Yet round the sun deep colors creep;”
Simile, Visual imagery 28. “And vows his will as firm as rock,”
Allusion, Auditory imagery 29.“"What comes out of feud between two clans, Who will not speak save
to condemn,”
Allusion, Auditory imagery 30. “Who hurl defiance till the last? Ah, God who sees will punish them."
Simile, Visual imagery 31. “My dream is like a fog at sea…”
Metaphor, Visual imagery 32.“Which tries to reach the land in vain,”
Personification, Visual imagery33.“For earthquakes and the tidal waves, Keep driving it to sea again.”
Personification, Visual imagery 34.“For if the ship should venture forth, Then I would weave a happy plot,”
Tactile imagery, Personification 35.“Oh, let us bind it four times four, and tie strong and hold it fast .”
Simile, Visual imagery 36. “And give a braver man delight, with love like rippling waters,”
Personification, Visual imagery 37. “Where sunbeams bathe their laughing light?”

Test III. Interpret the following stanzas. (What do they mean?) Answer in one or two sentences only.
1. Yet round the sun deep colors creep;
And though he loves with splendid fire
And vows his will is firm as rock,
I tremble lest he too may tire.

Ans: The persona here is sad because though their love towards each other was so strong but in
the end one has just given up maybe because her lover got tired from their relationship they had.

2. "What comes out of feud between two clans

Who will not speak save to condemn,
Who hurt defiance till the last?
A God who sees will punish them."

Ans. In this stanza, the two clans had a problem and a fight with each other that lead the
persona and her lover to have a forbidden love because their clans was against for their
relationship.

3. My dream is like a fog at sea

Which tries to reach the land in vain,
For earthquakes and the tidal waves
Keep driving it to sea again.

Ans. In this stanza, the persona tells about her dreams that will just vanished in any time but
because she has a strong courage she keeps on striving hard to get that dream back again.

4. So while he waits and hesitates

His chance of winning fame slips by
 Ah! Should he dare I firmly swear
My love for him would never die,

Ans. In this stanza, there is her lover that waited for her for so long but tgen maybe that man
got tired from waiting so he stops on pursuing the girl.

4. For if the ship should venture forth,

Then I would weave a happy plot,
And conjure up some potent charm
That evil winds could harm if not.
5. Ans. In this stanza, the persona has finally give up on hoping to have a someone that will
last and all she needs to do now is to keep forward and move on already from the
heartaches that she felt from the past.

6. Perhaps our souls , dissevered here,

Will meet hereafter on the way
The soul takes down the dismal trail,
While going to the judgment day.

Ans. The persona here has now decided to believe in "God's time" in which she will let
God give her the right man for her that will last and love for the lifetime.

To be continued..