W. B. Yeats' Selected Poems (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Quizzes

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Form, Style, and Poetic Technique
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What rhyme scheme does The Wild Swans at Coole use?

ABABCC

Which line is the spondaic refrain in Easter 1916?

A terrible beauty is born

What eight-line stanza form does An Irish Airman use?

Ottava rima

What rhythm pattern appears in 'turning and turning'?

Anapaestic gallop

Which four leaders are named in Easter 1916?

MacDonagh/MacBride/Connolly/Pearse

What stanza structure does Long-legged Fly employ?

ABA septets

What is zeugma?

One verb governing multiple objects

What three-line stanza form does An Acre of Grass use?

Tercets

What are Yeats's four stylistic evolution phases?

Pastoral/civic/prophetic/montagic

How should HSC Module B writing time be allocated?

10 min plan/45 write/5 edit

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