Think you’ve got your head wrapped around A Season in Hell? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Which of the following poetic forms best describes "A Season in Hell"?
Free verse
Iambic pentameter
Aubade
Long
Q. Which poetic form is suggested by the line, "– Mute elms, flowerless turf, dull sky – " (119)?
Aubade
Pastoral
Arboreal
Sonnet
Q. Which poetic form is suggested by the lines, "At four on a summer morning, The slumber of love still lasts" (127-128)?
Pastoral
Romantic
Aubade
Haiku
Q. What poetic feature is demonstrated by the following lines? From that young Oise, what could I be drinking, – Mute elms, flowerless turf, dull sky – From yellow gourds, far from my dear hut slinking? A gold liquor that yields sweat by and by. (118-121)
Exaggeration
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Rhyme scheme
Q. A contained grouping of lines in a poem is called a _____.
stanza
bunch
parliament
tercet