How to Read a Poem
You should always read this first when reading a poem
The title
Playground ____________
by: Clint Smith
Elegy
Does not rhyme or have a measurable meter
free verse
author's specific word choice
Diction
Here is a breathing body and a beating heart
alliteration
At least how many times should you read a poem
three
"Perhaps the World Ends Here"
Where???
The kitchen table
A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event or place
allusion
sounds like what it means
onomatopoeia
though the wind pried with its fingers
personification
The following words might signal what in a poem: however, but, although
a shift or change
What poem does the following line come from:
"then gone on mistaking the plot for the story,
as if point of writing were writing."
The Days
the measured arrangement of sounds
meter
repetition of consonant sounds
consonance
another season to offer you: frost soft
assonance
If I ask you to notice the white space or the shape of the lines, I'm likely asking about the __________.
structure
What poem:
"The other day I was ricocheting slowly off the blue walls of this room..."
The Lanyard
a story in narrative form
ballad
a single line of poetry
verse
Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this
is its way of fighting back, that sometimes
enjambment
It's important to identify the narrator so you can identify the ____________.
tone
Which poem:
"I'm desperate for you to love the world becasue I brought you here."
First Fall
When one line ends without any pause or punctuation and continues onto the next line.
enjambment
repetition of vowel sounds
assonance
frilled, white gown
imagery