What type of Poem is This?
The sun is shining bright,
It fills the world with light.
The birds begin to sing,
As happy sounds they bring.
I run and laugh and play,
On this warm, sunny day.
rhyming verse
A poem that has three lines, mostly about nature and follows then 5-7-5 syllable pattern are...
Haiku
What do we call each "sentence" of a poem
line
What is the rhyming scheme (AB pattern) of the poem below:
The people along the sand
All turn and look one way
They turn their back on the land
They look at the sea all day
ABAB
Comparing using like or as?
Simile
A fallen blossom
Is coming back to the branch.
Look, a butterfly!
Haiku
A poem that follows an AABB or ABAB rhyming pattern is a...
Rhyming verse
Words that have the same ending sound.
Ex. Hat and Cat
rhyme
What is the rhyming scheme on this poem?
Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry too,
So many flavors—what should I choose?
Sprinkles piled up high on top,
Drip, drip, drip… I’d better not stop!
AABB
This figurative language is used to exaggerate a point, example, I am so hungry I can eat a horse.
Hyperbole
All day I have watched the purple vine leaves
Fall into the water.
And now in the moonlight they still fall
But each leaf is fringed with silver
Free Verse
A poem that is typically humorous, follows a 1,2,5 line rhyming pattern and is only 5 lines long is called....
Limerick
A group of lines together in a poem; like a paragraph
Stanza
How many lines are in this poem?
Rain taps softly on the ground,
Splashing puddles all around.
Clouds are big and dark and gray,
They chased our playground time away.
We watch the drops slide down the glass,
And hope the storm will quickly pass.
6 lines
"The snow was as white as a marshmallow"
What two things are being compared?
snow and a marshmallow
I'd rather have fingers than toes,
I'd rather have ears than a nose;
And as for my hair,
I'm glad it's all there,
I'll be awfully sad when it goes.
Limerick
A poem that has no rhyming, no rhythm and can be any length is a...
Free verse
The beat or pattern of the poem
Rhythm
A haiku has how many syllables total
17 syllables
What type of Figurative language is being used in the following verse:
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.
personification
There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a Bee;
When they said, "Does it buzz?"
He replied, "Yes, it does!
"It's a regular brute of a Bee!"
limerick
These two poems cannot have any rhyming.
Haiku and a Free verse
When a word or line is repeated in the poem, making it stand out
repetition
How many Stanzas are in this Poem?
The moon hangs quietly
in the dark sky.
Stars blink
like tiny flashlights.
The world feels still,
as if it is whispering goodnight.
3 stanzas
What are the two types of figurative language being used in this poem?
The shy sun peeked over the hill,
Spilling golden ribbons across the sky
metaphor and personification