Analyzing Poetry
What is it called when you have to find the overall meaning of the poem?
Theme
5 - 7 - 5 syllables poem
Haiku
A group of lines in poetry. Answer the word then one example of it.
Stanza; Any of these will be credit:
The ocean is wide
and my green heart close, caught in
wonder of time
Haiku
Which musical artist sang the lyric "You're so Golden"
Hint: One of Ms. Caporrino's favorite singers
Harry Styles
The narrator of the poem
Speaker
no set structure
Free Verse
The rhythm of a line of the poem
Meter
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May...
Sonnet
What is the fictional town that the movie IT takes place?
Derry, Maine
The author's word choice in the poem that could take part in the way a poem is read. Includes literary devices.
Language
19 lines
2 refrains
Villanelle
a basic repeated sequence of syllables. Noted from Greek suffixes.
Any one of these for credit:
There was an old man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared
Two owl and a hen,
Four larks and a wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!"
Limerick
Who is performing for the opening ceremony in the 2026 Superbowl and who is performing at the Halftime show?
Green Day and Bad Bunny
The beat of a poem (include all 3 for full 400 points)
Meter, rhyme, and rhythm
What is Shakespeare's most popular poetic form?
Sonnet
Four line stanza
Quatrain
O Captain! My Captain!
Elegy
In a SpongeBob episode Squidward tells a scary story. What is the name that Squidward calls the main character that is described:
"His arrival is signaled by lights flickering, a phone call with no one on the line, and the arrival of a ghost bus."
The Hash-Slinging Slasher
In two words what is it called when one: How the stanzas are organized and two: When and where was the poem written? What was happening at that time and place? (Need two words for full 500 points)
Structure and Context
A poetic form that can easily be turn into a song
Ballad
Most popular meter of a poem
Either or for credit:
a poem where certain letters in each line spell out a word or phrase
Acrostic Poem
What could happen before GTA 6 comes out?
8th grade graduation!!