Definitions
The voice that talks to the reader
speaker
How many stanzas are in the poem "Life Doesn't Frighten Me"?
13
Young, girl, child, kid
What is the rhyme scheme of the second stanza?
BBA
How many times is "Life doesn't frighten me at all" repeated in the poem?
6
a single speaker expresses his or her thoughts or feelings
lyric poem
Which stanza does the author use the most repetition?
stanza 12
What is another word for speaker?
narrator
Which stanza does each line end with the same rhyme scheme?
Stanzas 12 & 13
How do you know the setting of the poem is inside a house or some type of building?
Shadows on the wall
Noises down the hall
rhyme scheme
In the ninth stanza ends with "No, they don't frighten me at all." Who is the "they" referring to?
The panthers and the strangers
What stanza provides the best proof that the speaker is a young girl?
Stanza 3:
Mean old Mother Goose
Lions on the loose
They don't frighten me at all
Dragons breathing flame
On my counterpane
That doesn't frighten me at all.
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
True friends are by your side
Through it all.
True friends are there
To catch you when you fall.
ABCB
What does the speaker have that helps her gets past her fears in stanza 11?
A magic charm she keeps up her sleeve.
pair of rhymed lines
couplet
Which stanza has 5 lines?
Stanza 9
Which couplet provides the best proof that the speaker is a girl?
That new classroom where
Boys all pull my hair
Lines that rhyme are given the same...
Letter
What line does the speaker use to make her fears go away?
Make them shoo
a group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem
stanza
Which stanza contains no exact rhymes, but a near rhyme?
Stanza 11
Name 1 real and 1 imaginary fear the speaker mentions in the poem.
Real: barking dogs, shadows on the walls, noises down the hall, lions, panthers, tough guys, strangers, new classrooms, boys pulling hair, being alone at night, frogs & snakes
Imaginary: ghosts, Mother Goose, Dragons
What is the rhyme scheme of the entire poem?
AAABBA CCADDA EEFFGGHHA IIA JJA KKLLA MNAN OPQR/Q AAAA
What is another example of repetition the author uses besides "Life doesn't frighten me at all"?
Not at all
Not at all.