Match each excerpt to its poetic style. enjambment iambic pentameter blank verse there is a quiet spirit in these woods, that dwells where'er the gentle south-wind blows; where, underneath the white-thorn, in the glade, the wild flowers bloom, or, kissing the soft air, the leaves above their sunny palms outspread. (from "the spirit of poetry" by henry wadsworth longfellow) arrowboth ah! what is not a dream by day to him whose eyes are cast on things around him with a ray turned back upon the past? (from "a dream" by edgar allan poe) arrowboth i said unto myself, if i were dead, what would befall these children? what would be their fate, who now are looking up to me for and furtherance? their lives, i said, (from "a shadow" by henry wadsworth longfellow) arrowboth

The correct answers are:

*Black verse:

There is a quiet spirit in these woods,

That dwells where'er the gentle south-wind blows;

Where, underneath the white-thorn, in the glade,

The wild flowers bloom, or, kissing the soft air,

The leaves above their sunny palms outspread. (from "The Spirit of Poetry" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

The poetic style of this poem is black verse, since it is written with regular metrical but unrhymed lines. In other words, un-rhyming verses written in iambic pentameter.

*Enjambment:

Ah! what is not a dream by day

To him whose eyes are cast

On things around him with a ray

Turned back upon the past? (from "A Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe)

The poetic style of this poem is enjambment, since it contains lines that end without punctuation and without completing a sentence or clause.

*Iambic pentameter:

I said unto myself, if I were dead,

What would befall these children? What would be

Their fate, who now are looking up to me

For help and furtherance? Their lives, I said, (from "A Shadow" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

The poetic style of this poem is iambic pentameter, since it is a combination of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. An iambic pentameter has five stressed syllables and ten syllables total.

The woman depicted in the oval portrait is the wife of a passionate painter who has painted this oval portrait.