What is "you should read it in a natural speaking voice"?
100
The way in which the moon is described in the poem
What is shining?
100
The main problem in the poem
What is "the madam won't pay her rent because the landlord won't keep his promises"?
100
The form of poetry that is "The Village Blacksmith"
What is an ode?
100
cat, hat, bat
What is exact rhyme?
200
Pause briefly when you see this in a line
What should you do when there is a comma or semicolon?
200
Senses referenced in the poem
What is sight and sound?
200
Best description of the madam's apartment
What is "in need of repairs"?
200
The tone of "The Village Blacksmith"
What is admiration?
200
Milly, Molly
cut, mat
hat, bad
What is slant rhyme?
300
The reason you should look up definitions to unfamiliar words
What is "to understand multiple meanings of a word"?
300
The activity the poem encourages the reader to do
What is "wander around the city"?
300
The tone of the poem
What is irritation?
300
An example of alliteration in "The Village Blacksmith" (you may look in your book for this question only)
What is "He hears the parson pray and preach"?
300
Softer be they than slippered sleep
The lean lithe deer
The fleet flown deer
What is alliteration?
400
The reason you should read poems out loud twice
What is "to understand the sounds and images, and then look for meaning"?
400
The author of the poem
Who is Langston Hughes?
400
The thing on which both the madam and the rent man agree on
What is "neither of them are happy about the situation"?
400
The purpose of "The Village Blacksmith"
What is "to express respect for the hardworking blacksmith"?
400
"You are old, Father William", the young man said, [A]
"And your hair has become very white; [B]
And yet your incessantly stand on your head-- [A]
Do you think, at your age, it is right?" [B]
What is rhyme scheme?
500
The thing you should do when you are reading a poem out loud and reach the end of a line
What is pause?
500
The person the poem is talking to
Who is the speaker's lover?
500
Two of the problems the madam is upset about
What are the broken sink, water not running, cracked window, squeaky floor, rats in the cellar, or leaking attic
500
The author of "The Village Blacksmith"
Who is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
500
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