Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Dance? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. "The Dance" makes frequent use of what poetic device?
Enjambment
Alliteration
Assonance
A wordy blender
Q. The poem is an example of what style of poetry?
Ballad
Free verse
Epic
Slam
Q. "The Dance" makes use of which types of meter?
Iambic
Amphibrachic and Dactylic
Limerick
Metermaidic
Q. Which word is most often rhymed in the poem?
Prance
Brueghel
Round
Orange
Q. Which of the following is an example of alliteration in the poem?
"their bellies off balance"
"the dancers go round"
"tweedle of bagpipes"
"prance as they dance"