Poetry Retake
_G__1. Limerick
A. Recurring identical or similar end sounds at the end of lines.
_D__2. Stanza
B. Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect or emphasis
_H__3. Haiku
C. The beat of the poem. The recurring pattern of strong and weak syllabic stresses
_A__4. Rhyme
D. A unit within a larger poem consisting of a group of lines, set off by a space
_E__5. Ballad
E. A songlike narrative poem usually featuring rhymes, rhythm, and refrain
_C__6. Rhythm
F. Poetry with neither regular meter nor rhyme scheme; No rules!
_B__7. Repetition
G. A five-line, rhymed, rhythmic verse, usually humorous. “AABBA” rhyme scheme.
_F__8. Free Verse
H. 17-Syllable, delicate unrhymed Japanese verse, usually about nature.
1. Feel Again by One Republic
It's been a long time coming since I've seen your face
I've been everywhere and back trying to replace
Everything that I had 'til my feet went numb
Praying like a fool that's been on the run
9. Circle 2 examples of rhyme in the poem. (circle
face/replace, or working/ring, etc)
But with you
I feel again
Yeah, with you
I can feel again
11. What form of poetry is this poem?
___Ballad________________________________
Heart's still beating but it's not working
It's like a million dollar phone that you just can't ring
I reached out trying to love but I feel nothing
Yeah, my heart is numb
But with you
I feel again
Yeah, with you
I can feel again
10. Underline at least ONE simile in the poem. Praying
like a fool that’s been on the run
How did you know? __It is song-like, has rhyme,
rhythm, and has a refrain (chorus) that is repeated.
12. Is repetition used this in the poem? _Yes__
If yes, what is repeated? The refrain (or chorus), the
stanza, “But with you I feel again, Yea, with you, I
can feel again”
2.
13. Circle an example of onomatopoeia in
the poem. CRUNCH! (a sound word)
An Icy Wonderland
I walk up to the stand with fifty cents clinking in my hand.
I go up to the two girls their faces as red as a tomato,
as if they hadn’t had a speck of water or shade for weeks.
The sun was like a heat lamp over our heads.
14. Underline at least ONE simile in the
poem. The sun was like a heat lamp
over our heads.
15. Why is this considered a simile?
Comparing the sun to a heat lamp
I order my delicious icy with glee.
I give the silver coins to her and wait,
watching every single move as she makes it.
My heart and tummy is filling up with excitement and
waiting or the cool feeling to fill me.
16. What form of poetry is this poem?
__Free Verse__________________
“Ahhhhh,” as I taste the frozen cone.
CRUNCH!
The ice melts on my tongue like a piece of chocolate over a fire.
I slurp and I slush the sweet blizzard of ice.
Then nothing is left but a soaked paper cone and the aroma
of a cold wonderland.
What a treat!
17. How did you know the form of poetry?
It had no rhyme, no rhythm, no rules!
3. Dragon of Grindly Grun by Shel Silverstein
I am the Dragon of Grindly Grun,_A____
I breathe fire as hot as the sun.__A___
A knight comes to fight_B____
I toast him on sight, _B____
Like a hot crispy cinnamon bun. __A___
18. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
Write the letters next to each line.
19. What type of poem is this?
___Limerick___________________
How do you know? 5 lines, AABBA rhyme
scheme, has a definite rhythm, humorous
4. Rose by Donna Brock
The red blossom bends
and drips its dew to the ground.
Like a tear it falls
20. What type of poem is this?
__Haiku________________
How do you know? 3 lines, about nature, has 5,
7, 5 syllables in each line
5. I threw a wish in the well,
Don't ask me, I'll never tell
I looked to you as it fell,
And now you're in my way
I'd trade my soul for a wish,
Pennies and dimes for a kiss
I wasn't looking for this,
But now you're in my way
Your stare was holdin',
Ripped jeans, skin was showin'
Hot night, wind was blowin'
Where do you think you're going, baby?
21. What type of poem is this?
_________ Ballad_____________
22. Why? Because it tells a story (narrative), has
a rhyme, and rhythm.
23. How many stanzas are shown? __6__
24. What is the rhyme scheme in the first three
stanzas? __aaab___
Hey, I just met you,
And this is crazy,
But here's my number,
So call me, maybe?
It's hard to look right,
At you baby,
But here's my number,
So call me, maybe?
Hey, I just met you,
And this is crazy,
But here's my number,
So call me, maybe?
25. What is the rhyme scheme? __aabbaacc__
6. Poet Tree
By Shel Silverstein
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Underneath the poet tree
Come and rest awhile with me,
And watch the way the word-web weaves
Between the shady story leaves.
The branches of the poet tree
Reach from the mountains to the sea.
So come and dream, or come and climb—
Just don’t get hit by the falling rhyme
26. What type of figurative language is used in line
3? ___Alliteration___
27. What type of figurative language is used line
lines 5 and 6?
__Hyperbole_ Why? ____Because branches of a
tree cannot reach from the mountains to the
sea____
28. What type of figurative language is used in the
last line? __Personification (because rhymes can’t
fall and hit you)__
7. Sky Seasoning
By Shel Silverstein
A piece of sky
Broke off and fell
Through the crack in the ceiling
Right into my soup,
KERPLOP!
I really must state
That I usually hate
Lentil soup, but I ate
Every drop!
Delicious, delicious
(a bit like plaster)
But so delicious, goodness sake –
I could have eaten a lentil-soup ocean
It’s amazing the difference
A bit of sky can make.
8. Thrill Ride
By Ken Nesbitt
Up.
Up.
Up.
Click, click.
Wind blows
sharp in my ears.
My heart jumps. Skips.
It’s up. It’s up higher.
It’s up. Up the highest.
Hands grab the clouds.
Then a forever pause.
Still.
Waiting.
Finally. Whoosh!
Steep drop,
Down.
Down.
Down.
29. What type of figurative language is used in line
5? __onomatopoeia__
30. What type of figurative language is used line 13
__Hyperbole__ Why? Because it is exaggerating
how much you like the soup, you cannot eat a
whole ocean of it
31. What does the author compare the taste of
lentil soup to? ___plaster___
32. Find two different pieces of repetition?
a. __Up. / Up./ Up.___
b. __Down / Down / Down__
33. Why do you think these are repeated?
___to show the effect of riding a roller coaster__
34. Find an example of onomatopoeia.
___Whoosh!___
35. Find an example of personification.
___My Heart jumps/skips____
36. Find an example of hyperbole.
___Hands grab the clouds / A Forever pause___