Sketch by Carl Sandburg

How many stanzas are in the poem, "Sketch"?

• 2

• 4

• 13

• There are no stanzas

How many lines are in the poem, "Sketch"?

• 4

• 13

• There are no lines

• 16

Is this poem a Free Verse poem or a Traditional poem?

• Free Verse

• Traditional

In the poem 'Sketch' by Carl Sandburg, what is the main subject of the poem?

• The movement of the tide

• The shadows of the ships

• The color of the sky

• The sound of the waves

Fill in the blank: 'A long brown bar at the dip of the sky / Puts an arm of ____ in the span of salt.'

• sand

• cloud

• water

• grass

Which type of imagery does the author use to describe the movement of the water in the line, "The lucid and endless wrinkles/Draw in, lapse and withdraw/Wavelets crumble and white spent bubbles/Wash on the floor of the beach"?

• Sight

• Sound

• Smell

• Touch

Which is line below is an example of personification?

• in the low blue lustre

• of the tardy and the soft inrolling tide.

• a long brown bar at the dip of the sky

• puts an arm of sand in the span of salt

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Sketch

by Carl Sandburg

The shadows of the ships

Rock on the crest

In the low blue lustre

Of the tardy and the soft inrolling tide.

A long brown bar at the dip of the sky

Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt.

The lucid and endless wrinkles

Draw in, lapse and withdraw.

Waveless crumble and white spent bubbles

Wash on the floor of the beach.

Rocking on the crest

In the low blue lustre

Are the shadows of the ships.

What shape does did the author create with the stanzas and lines of this poem?

• A Sea Gull bird flying

• A cup of coffee

• A ship in the ocean

• An ocean wave

Why do you think the author shaped the lines and stanzas in the shape of a ship?

• to make the reader think about the movie Pirates of the Caribbean.

• to make the poem feel fun

• to add imagery for the reader being on a ship

• to emphasize alliteration

When an author uses words that appeal to the five senses in order to paint a picture in the reader’s mind is called _______.

• rhythm
• rhyme
• imagery
• free verse

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.3D