Analyzing Poetry

Rhythm is the repeating patterns of sounds

• False

• True

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CCSS.RL.4.5

Which sense does this phrase appeal to?

A loud bang!

• sight

• hear

• tough

• taste

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

• Line

• Stanza

• Paragraph

• Meter

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CCSS.RL.4.5

What are the red letters an example of?

The people along the sand (A)

All turn and look one way. (B)

They turn their back on the land. (A)

They look at the sea all day. (B)

As long as it takes to pass (C)

A ship keeps raising its hull; (C)

The wetter ground like glass (D)

Reflects a standing gull. (D)

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Rhyme scheme

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Carefully listen and read along before answering the questions! Scroll down on the poem as you read along.

Dreams

by Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow

• dreams can be frightening

• snow can be barren

• being unable to fly is hard

• dreams are important

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

How many lines does the poem have?

• 10

• 1

• 8

• 6

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CCSS.RL.4.1

Which of these shows how he feels about life without dreams?

• "life is a barren field frozen with snow"

• "when dreams go"

• "hold fast to dreams"

• "for if dreams die"

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does the phrase "hold fast" mean in the poem?

• run from

• try to

• hang on to

• forget

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

All poems must rhyme.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.4.5

The poet says life without dreams is "A broken-winged bird that cannot fly" and "a barren field frozen with snow." What do these metaphors tell you about his feelings concerning life without dreams?

• He thinks dreams are frightening.

• He remembers his dreams.

• He thinks life without dreams is bad.

• He loves snow and birds.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.4