Genre
What is the purpose of a Narrative poem?
To tell a story.
A paragraph in a poem is called a ________.
Stanza
Which of the types of poems that we read in class relies on rhythm? (Hint: Da DUM Da Da DUM Da Da Dum)
Limerick
What genre is the following poem?
A grey cloud unfolds
Blanketing the dark night sky
Sweet dreams, summer day.
Haiku
The "Highwayman" uses rhythm to mimic the sound of what?
Horse hooves
Lyrical poem
Stanza type is determined by counting the _______ of a stanza.
Lines
A stanza with four lines is called a ________?
Quatrain
What type of poem is the following:
Cuddly
Acrobatic
Tenacious and terrifying
Softly Purring
Acrostic
What is the main conflict of "The Highwayman"?
Forbidden love--The inn-keepers daughter is in love with an outlaw.
A poem where a word is written vertically and each letter is used to begin a word or phrase.
Acrostic
The theme of a poem is...
The central idea or message.
A rhyme that only has partial matching sounds.
Imperfect rhyme
What type of stanza is this?
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Triplet
How does the conflict of "The Highwayman" resolve?
Bess sacrifices herself to warn the highwayman. They are reunited as ghosts.
Haikus originate from what country?
Japan
Sound is created in poetry through the use of what two things?
Rhythm & Rhyme
The pattern of rhyme in a poem is called the...
Rhyme scheme
What genre is the following poem?
A little bird loved to sing,
In the garden in the spring.
With notes high and low,
In the sunshine's glow,
She made the whole neighborhood ring.
Limerick
To indicate that someone is speaking (telling a story).
How many lines are in a Haiku, and how many syllables are in each line?
3 lines; 5, 7, 5
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What is the difference between tone and mood? (2x points)
Tone: Poet's attitude
Mood: Reader's emotion
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What is the difference between rhythm and rhyme? (2x points)
Rhythm: The musical beats or flow of a poem.
Rhyme: The repetition of syllables in a poem.
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem:
I shot an arrow into the air
It fell to Earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.
AABB
Name one of the themes that "The Highwayman" discusses?
Loyalty, Love, Sacrifice