Identifying key themes in 'The Listeners' by Walter de la Mare | English

Starter quiz

Which of the following words rhyme?
- moon, june ✓
- blue, time
- sea, free ✓
- dance, chance ✓
- heart, sharp
What is a possible definition of the poetic term, enjambment?
- when two adjectives are used to describe a noun
- speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'
- when a line in poetry continues onto the next line without pause or punctuation ✓
- repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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Match the following information from the poetry collection below.
- Title
  
  ⇔
  
  Cloud Soup ✓
- Poet
  
  ⇔
  
  Kate Wakeling ✓
- Illustrator
  
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  Elina Braslina ✓
- Publisher
  
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  The Emma Press ✓
True or False? Alliteration is when words start with the same letter and have to be next to one another.
- True
- False ✓
Which of the following are examples of poetic devices?
- personification ✓
- plain prose
- alliteration ✓
- rhyme ✓
- literal description
Which of the following is an example of personification?
- Wind rustles through willow branches
- Moonlit moments melted into mysteries
- The wind whispered secrets through trees ✓
- Dew-kissed petals in dawn's embrace
- The shadows danced on the walls ✓