Vocab
What's the mood?
Name the theme
Stanza and Lines
Misc
100
Who is someone who write poems?
Poet
100
What is the mood of a poem?
The feeling or emotion a poet is trying to convey/express.
100
What is the theme?
A truth, lesson or message about life.
100
Whats a line in a poem?
A single row of words in a poem
100
What is the name of the poet who performed at President Biden's inauguration?
Amanda Gorman
200
What is poetry?
A collection of words meant to inspire ideas, imagination or emotion
200
Hug o’ War
By: Shel Silverstein
"I will not play at tug o'war
I'd rather play at hug o'war
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs
Where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug
Where everyone kisses
And everyone grins
And everyone cuddles
And everyone wins."
It's better to work together than to work against each other.
Teamwork, friendship
200
What is a stanza?
A group of lines in a poem
200
Name the rhymes:
Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss
Do you like green eggs and ham?
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
I do not like green eggs and ham!
Would you like them here or there?
I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
Sam- am- ham
there and anywhere
300
What is rhyme?
Words that have the same ending sounds.
300
Whats the mood of the poem?
The Crocodile
by Lewis Carroll
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
How cheerfully he seems to grin!
How neatly spread his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!
cheerful/happy/playful/silly
300
See It Through
By Edgar Guest
"When you’re up against a trouble,
Meet it squarely, face to face;
Lift your chin and set your shoulders,
Plant your feet and take a brace.
When it’s vain to try to dodge it,
Do the best that you can do;
You may fail, but you may conquer,
See it through!"
You will never know the outcome of something unless you try.
Perseverance
300
How many lines are in the poem?
Life
by Emily Dickinson
In this short life
That only lasts an hour,
How much, how little,
Is within our power!
4
300
What's the theme? 
We don't always show every aspect of ourselves each day.
400
What is rhythm?
The beat sound and feel of a poem.
400
What's the mood?
The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door."
Suspenseful/eerie/dark
400
Family Tree
By Alison Jean Thomas
"It seems strange to me
That a family tree is drawn from the top of the page.
Instead, draw mine with roots deeply planted in firm ground
Like forefathers, whose stories retold,
Nourish us.
Draw the trunk giving support and power,
Strongly branching out
So that young shoots can reach high
And buds,
Some yet unfurled,
May catch dreams in sunlight."
Family provides the foundation to grow
400
How many stanzas?
2
400
What's the mood?
Eerie/dark/scary
500
What is the meter?
The number and style of accented syllables in a line.
500
Harlem
By Langston Hughes
"What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?"
Inquisitive/wondering/questioning
500
Aim High To The Sky
James McDonald
"Aim high to the sky,
In all that you do.
Because you just never know,
What it takes to be you.Be strong and be brave,
But at the same time be kind.
And always be sure,
That you're using your mind."
Dream big and never give up
500
How many stanzas?
14
500
What's Ms. Monahan's dog's name?
Clyde