End of Course Quiz Answers

1.   a)     No. Many excellent poems do not rhyme at all

b)     No.  There has been a trend away from rhyme in modern poetry

c)     Yes. Rhyme in poetry was particularly popular in the past – and it is still used today by many poets

2. a)     Yes. The repeated sounds normally occur at the beginning of a word, but not always

b)     No. alliteration is specifically about repeated consonant sounds

c)     No.  Repetition of words and phrases  is a different technique

3.  a)    Yes.  This is also known as cross rhyme

    b)     No. Rhyming couplets have AABB rhyming patterns

    c)     No. That is ABCB

4.   a)     True.

      b)     Not true. A simile is different from a metaphor

      c)     True.

5. a)     No. The use of like shows that this is a simile

    b)     Yes. There are no bowels in the earth, but qualities we associate with bowels – a dark, deep, hot, hidden place – helps to create a mental image

    c)     No. The use of like shows that this is a simile