Introduction to Poetry

Which are the three common features of poetry?

• rhythm, words, and accent

• content, logic, and coherence

• structure, imagery, and musicality

• order, presentation and sequence

the purpose of each poem is to create images in the reader’s mind using lots of sensory details and figurative language. Which common feature is this?

• Structure

• Poetry

• imagery

• tone

Poems have musical components that makes its text different then short stories. Which Common feature is this?

• Tone

• Diction

• Intonation

• Musicality

Poems often have some underlying form holding things together as words and lines and stanzas.

• Form

• Shape

• Structure

• Order and Sequence

Poetry can be difficult to understand and require a lot of effort on the part of the...

• author

• characters

• reader

• historical context

Poetry’s purpose is essentially to help us understand ...

• The world around us.

• Author's feelings.

• Author's thoughts.

• Author's emotions.

Poetry intents to show us new things that we may have previously ...

• misunderstood.

• taken for granted.

• misinterpreted

• forgotten

Poetry offers us new perspectives on ...

• the unknown

• the unexpected

• the familiar.

• the unrelevant

Poetry’s purpose is to enable us to see the world...

• as a negative place

• as an illusion

• with hate

• with fresh eyes again

Poetry helps us understand our world in ...

• a deeper way

• a conflict among us

• a loving way

• a hatred way