Poetry

A group of lines in a poem is called

• stanza

• line break

• form

• paragraph

What is the rhyme scheme for the poem “Dreams”?

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

• AABB

• ABCB

• ABAB

Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight key words, make a poem memorable, or create a feeling or mood is called

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

• alliteration

When rhyming is organized into patterns and can be labeled aaba it is called

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• alliteration

Using words that have the same (or very similar) ending sound

is called

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• rhythm

• alliteration

Which of the following lines from contains onomatopoeia?

• He ran to the kitchen

• Her heels clacked on the floor

• She slept through dinner

• He dropped the napkin

The lines of “Dreams” are short, have alliteration and the poem uses a specific rhyming pattern. What effect does this have on the poem?

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

• The poem reads quickly, which helps show how easy it is to hold onto your dreams if you really try.

• The poem reads slowly, which shows how life drags by without dreams.

• The poems reads quickly, which helps show how easily dreams can get away from you if you don’t hold onto them

• The poem reads slowly, which shows how life without dreams is

A direct comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Poetry that does not follow a specific form and does not have to rhyme is known as __________________ poetry.

• free verse

• tone

• stanza

• onomatopoeia

Read the following poem "The West Wind, and answer the question that follows.

It’s a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds’ cries;

I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes.

For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills,

And April’s in the west wind, and daffodils.

It’s a fine land, the west land, for hearts as tired as mine;

Apple orchards blossom there, and the airs’ like wine.

There is cool green grass there where men may lie at rest;

And the thrushes are in song there, fluting from their nest.

What is the rhyme scheme?

• aabbaacc

• aabbccdd

• abababab

• abbcbccd