Poetry Introduction

Which of the following are NOT characteristics of poems.

• rhyme

• paragraphs

• stanzas

• lines

All poems rhyme.

• True

• False

Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face Jack Prelutsky

Be glad your nose is on your face,

not pasted on some other place,

for if it were where it is not,

you might dislike your nose a lot.

Imagine if your precious nose

were sandwiched in between your toes,

that clearly would not be a treat,

for you'd be forced to smell your feet.

Your nose would be a source of dread

were it attached atop your head,

it soon would drive you to despair,

forever tickled by your hair.

Within your ear, your nose would be

an absolute catastrophe,

for when you were obliged to sneeze,

your brain would rattle from the breeze.

Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,

remains between your eyes and chin,

not pasted on some other place--

be glad your nose is on your face!

How many stanzas are in this poem?

Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face Jack Prelutsky

Be glad your nose is on your face,

not pasted on some other place,

for if it were where it is not,

you might dislike your nose a lot.

Imagine if your precious nose

were sandwiched in between your toes,

that clearly would not be a treat,

for you'd be forced to smell your feet.

Your nose would be a source of dread

were it attached atop your head,

it soon would drive you to despair,

forever tickled by your hair.

Within your ear, your nose would be

an absolute catastrophe,

for when you were obliged to sneeze,

your brain would rattle from the breeze.

Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,

remains between your eyes and chin,

not pasted on some other place--

be glad your nose is on your face!

Does this poem rhyme?

• yes

• no

What type of poem is this?

Winter is coming.

Snow will be arriving soon.

We should rake the leaves.

• acrostic

• haiku

• clerihew

• cinquain

What type of poem is this?

Garfield the cat

On his rear he sat.

Eating lasagna galore

All about the decor.

• acrostic

• haiku

• clerihew

• cinquain

What is the author of a poem called?

• author

• writer

• poetress

• poet

A ____________________________ is a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

• stanza

• paragraph

• line

• poem

When we find a pattern in a poem that rhymes, we call this the _____________________________.

• rhyming chant

• pattern

• letter pattern

• rhyme scheme

In this poem, what is the rhyme scheme?

When I was One,

I had just begun.

When I was Two,

I was nearly new.

When I was Three

I was hardly me.

When I was Four,

I was not much more.

When I was Five,

I was just alive.

But now I am Six,

I'm as clever as clever,

So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever.

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCABC

• DGDG