Parts of a Poem
This term refers to the narrator or voice in a poem, who may or may not be the author.
Speaker
Is this free verse or structured? Explain.
The sky turns a soft shade of pink,
as the world quiets down,
birds find their places in the trees,
and the wind whispers secrets in the air.
There’s a stillness that wraps the earth,
as if everything is waiting for the night to unfold.
FV/no rhyme or rhythm
A single group of words in a poem is called a______, while a group of these is called a ______.
line/stanza
Give an example of end rhyme from the stanza:
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
sigh/I/by or hence/difference
Find AND explain one simile:
How good to lie a little while
And look up through the tree!
The Sky is like a kind big smile
Bent sweetly over me.
The Sunshine flickers through the lace
Of leaves above my head,
And kisses me upon the face
Like Mother, before bed.
The Sky is like a kind big smile=the sunshine is pleasant like a smile
OR
kisses me...Like mother before bed=the sunshine is comforting like a mom giving bedtime kisses
What is the point of view of this stanza? How do you know?
First/ I, my
What type of poem is this?
Oh, radiant sun, so bright and bold,
Your warmth and light, a sight to hold.
You rise each day with golden hue,
And paint the sky with shades of blue.
Your rays bring life to earth and tree,
A gift to all, for you we’re free.
Ode
You have to look at the _____rhyme to figure out if a poem is structured or free verse.
End
Give an example of alliteration in the stanza:
When I see birches bend to left and right
Across the lines of straighter darker trees,
I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.
But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay
As ice-storms do. Often you must have seen them
Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning
Find 1 example of personification:
The tide rises, the tide falls;
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastes to the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
Darkness settles on roofs and walls;
But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
the sea in the darkness calls/The little waves, with their soft, white hands
What is the tone? Give a line to prove it.
The sky is brushed with morning light,
A golden hush, the end of night.
The past is gone, the slate is clear,
A brand new chance is waiting here.
Varies/Hopeful/ "the slate is clear," or
"A brand new chance is waiting here."
This is a poem that tells a story.
Narrative
An extreme exaggeration not meant to be believed as truth is a__________________. Give an example.
Hyperbole
Give an example of internal rhyme in the stanza:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary/
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore/
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping/
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
dreary/weary, napping/tapping
Find AND EXPLAIN the metaphor:
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the Gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm.
Hope is the thing with feathers/ Hope is like a bird because it gives us the power to fly
What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?
The morning dew still clings to grass,
As golden sunlight starts to pass.
The robins call from every tree,
Their notes like laughter wild and free.
The buds arise with gentle cheer,
For warmer winds have drawn them near.
AABBCC
Which type of poem is this?
Buds break through the earth,
Soft winds dance through emerald trees,
Flowers wake and bloom.
Haiku
Alliteration is repetition of ___________ sounds in the___________ of words, while consonance is in the middle or end of words.
consonant/beginning
Find an example of consonance in the stanza:
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand—
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep—while I weep!
"m" in seem and dream/"r" in roar, surf, shore/"d" with hold, hand, and sand/"p" in creep, deep, weep
Find AND explain the idiom:
The storm raged, a fearsome sight,
The ship tossed, day and night.
Waves crashed high, a hungry wall,
Threatening soon to make them fall.
Then, a lull, a softer breeze,
A chance to finally find some ease.
The sailors sighed, with hopeful hearts,
"We finally caught a break," they start.
"We finally caught a break"=got lucky
What is the theme of this poem?
I used to wonder who I’d be,
Like drifting leaves upon a tree.
I tried to copy those I knew,
But still, I couldn’t find what’s true.
Then one small day, I looked inside,
And found the place where dreams can hide.
I may not know the whole of me,
But now I see who I could be.
Do not look to others for your identity.
Write a diamante on the topics of spring and winter.
Answers vary.
What is the parallel structure?
I wake to the sound of the birds in the sky,
I rise to the warmth of the sun shining high.
I walk through the grass, feeling the earth below,
I breathe in the air, where the cool winds blow.
I wake/I rise/I walk/I breathe
Find an example of assonance in the stanza:
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand—
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep—while I weep!
long "ee" sound in "see", "seem", and "dream"/ long "o" sound in "roar" and "shore"/long "ee" sound in "deep" and "weep"
What is the allusion?
I walked through the streets, a lone Indiana Jones,
Dodging obstacles, my heart a million tones.
Chasing treasures, like a scene from the great Raiders film,
Hoping my luck won’t start to dim.
Indiana Jones