Poem Analysis
The Boy and Leaf
A. Gautam
(In which line does the author use personification in this poem?)
The boy held in his hand a leaf
that he regretted plucking
Because he could not put it back
He sat at the tree’s feet
The boy sat thinking for a while
As more leaves had fallen
Up on the branches, he heard a bird
Gently, softly singing
The boy was happy as he looked
At each branch and fruit
He left to plant a hundred trees
and smiled, and smiled, and smiled
He sat at the trees foot
What is a simile
Comparing two things using like or as
Poetry is organized in
Groups of lines
Fall
A. Gautam
Which line has an example of onomatopoeia?
The fall has come back after all
with a bang and a boom
My backpack explodes in my room
Hello uniform, and goodbye overalls!
5 The closing sign is on the swimming pool
Outside my window, the night air is cool
Mother has put away the frozen treats
And just like that, another school year repeats
2
What is a hyperbole ?
What is theme ?
The main message or lesson of a poem
The Railway Train
Emily Dickinson
What kind of figurative language is represented in the first two lines of the poem?
1 I like to see it lap the miles,
And lick the valleys up,
And stop to feed itself at tanks;
And then, prodigious, step
5 Around a pile of mountains,
And, supercilious, peer
In shanties by the sides of roads;
And then a quarry pare
To fit its sides, and crawl between,
10 Complaining all the while
In horrid, hooting stanza;
Then chase itself down hill
And neigh like Boanerges;
Then, punctual as a star,
15 Stop -- docile and omnipotent --
At its own stable door.
Personification
What is Alliteration ?
Repetition of words with the same sound
Who is the speaker?
This is the who is talking in the poem
Achoo!
A. Gautam
The "K...K...K...K..." and "P...P...P..." in lines 2 and 3 of the poem —
Shh. Shivering so much I can’t stop.
K...K…K…K… Cold is out to kill me with each drop.
P....P…P…Please pass to me my puffy coat.
Shh. Shivering out here on this boat.
Why did we have to go out fishing?
What on earth was I even wishing?
Alone time with my father. Yes. For sure.
Another cold morning fishing. Nevermor
help the reader picture shaking in the cold.
What is a Metaphor?
Comparing two things that are not alike
What is mood?
The feeling you get while reading a poem
Giving human characteristics to a object idea or animal
What is tone ?
The attitude the speaker has toward the topic