Since Hanna Moved Away

What is the main message of this poem?

• Sometimes it rains when you feel bad

• Good friends are hard to replace

• Tthe month of September could last forever

• Having fun is a lot of work.

Which statement best describes how the poet uses rhyme in each stanza of the poem?

• The poem has no rhyming pattern.

• The first and third lines rhyme, and the second and fourth lines rhyme.

• Only the first and third lines rhyme.

• The first and second lines rhyme, and the third and fourth lines rhyme.

What can the reader infer about how the speaker is feeling throughout the poem? Be sure to use evidence from the text to support your answer.

In stanza 1 of the poem, what does the word grouchy mean?

• Grumpy

• Happy

• Funny

• Bright

Which statement correctly describes a way that stanzas 1-4 are similar?

• Each stanza introduces a new reason why Hanna should’ve stayed

• Each stanza offers interesting facts about Hanna.

• Each stanza highlights the speaker’s feelings after Hanna moved

• J Each stanza describes delicious desserts that the speaker and Hanna ate.

Why is stanza 1 (lines 1-4) important to the poem?

• It asks the reader important questions

• It identifies a major shift in tone.

• It describes the setting.

• It introduces the speaker’s problem.

Read lines 6 and 7 from the poem. December’scome to stay. They’ve taken back the Mays and Junes These lines emphasize that the speaker most likely feels —How does the speaker feel in lines 6 & 7 of the poem?

• pleased to miss summer activities

• cold in the absence of a friend

• surprised to miss two months from the calendar

• cold because it is winter

The title is repeated throughout the poem to emphasize —

• the speaker’s desire for her friend to move away

• the reason why the speaker feels lonely

• the setting of the poem

• what happens when someone moves away

Which of these statements describes an element of the poem?

• All of the lines have the same number of words.

• Most of the lines have the same meter.

• Each stanza introduces a new character.

• Each stanza solves a different problem.

Flowers smell like Halibut
Velvet feels like hay.
Every handsome dog's a mutt
since Hanna moved away
Nothing's fun to laugh about.
Nothing's fun to play.
They call me but I won't come out
since Hanna moved away.
Why did the poet repeat the phrase "since Hanna moved away" in the poem?

• to emphasize the reason for the speaker's lonliness

• to tell about all the bad things that have happened to the speaker

• to give reasons why the speaker doesn't have any other friends

• to make the poem humorous