Pope's Iliad, Book 1: "Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring / Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess, sing! / That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign / The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain;" Name this rhyme scheme.

Pope's Iliad, Book 4: "The nations bleed, where'er her steps she turns," Read the line aloud. How many stressed beats does it carry?

Pope's Iliad, Book 8: "Fierce on his rattling chariot Hector came: / His eyes like Gorgon shot a sanguine flame" What is this rhyming two-line unit called?

Which meter does Alexander Pope use for the lines of his Iliad translation?

Pope's Iliad, Book 22: "But why this thought? Unarm'd if I should go, / What hope of mercy from this vengeful foe, / But woman-like to fall, and fall without a blow?" How does the rhyme differ from Pope's usual couplet?

Pope's Iliad, Book 6: Hector speaks of what he dreads. "May I lie cold before that dreadful day, / Press'd with a load of monumental clay!" What does the rhyme couple in meaning?

Pope's Iliad, Book 8: "O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, / And tip with silver every mountain's head:" Which two words carry the end rhyme?

Pope's Iliad, Book 1: "Whose limbs unburied on the naked shore, / Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore." Which sound device shapes the second line, and what does it do?

Pope's Iliad, Book 8: "Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend, / Whose umber'd arms, by fits, thick flashes send," Which sound device runs through the couplet, and what does it do?

Pope's Iliad, Book 8: "Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, / A flood of glory bursts from all the skies:" Apart from the end rhyme, which device links shine, rise and skies?

Pope's Iliad, Book 4, on war spreading: "The groan still deepens, and the combat burns." Which sound device is at work in groan, deepens and burns?

Pope's Iliad, Book 8: "When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, / And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene," What does the repeated "not a" do?

Pope's Iliad, Book 4: "The billows float in order to the shore, / The wave behind rolls on the wave before;" What does repeating "the wave" do?

Pope's Iliad, Book 8: "As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, / O'er heaven's pure azure spreads her sacred light," This comparison runs on for many lines. What is it describing?

Pope's Iliad, Book 22: "Thus at the panting dove a falcon flies / (The swiftest racer of the liquid skies)," What does this epic simile carry into the chase around Troy?

Pope's Iliad, Book 4: "As when the winds, ascending by degrees, / First move the whitening surface of the seas," The comparison runs on for six lines. What makes it an epic simile?

Pope's Iliad, Book 6: Glaucus answers Diomed. "Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, / Now green in youth, now withering on the ground;" What does the comparison say about human life?

Pope's Iliad, Book 6: "Andromache! my soul's far better part, / Why with untimely sorrows heaves thy heart?" Which figure of speech does Hector use for his wife here?

Pope's Iliad, Book 4: "While scarce the skies her horrid head can bound, / She stalks on earth, and shakes the world around;" Which figure of speech turns Discord into this figure?

Pope's Iliad, Book 6: "The babe clung crying to his nurse's breast, / Scared at the dazzling helm, and nodding crest." What does the helmet stand for at this moment?