Beach Park
Poetry 1
Name ______________________________
Circle the correct answer.
Question #1:
Choose the literary term that fits this
definition.
joyful sorrow
oxymoron
irony
parody
Question #2:
Choose the literary term that fits this
definition.
dark light
oxymoron
parody
irony
Question #3:
Choose the literary term that fits this
definition.
jumbo shrimp
irony
parody
oxymoron
Question #4:
Choose the literary term that fits this
definition.
darkness visible
parody
oxymoron
irony
Question #5:
To answer the question read the poem by
William Wordsworth. Choose the correct
rhyme scheme.
ABABCC
AABBCC
ABCABC
ABBCCA
Question #6:
_______ has no particular rhyme scheme or
rhythmic pattern.
Free verse
Iambic pentameter
Neither of these
Question #7:
To answer the question read the poem by
Walt Whitman. Choose the correct rhyme
scheme.
ABCDABCD
AABBCCDD
AABBCDED
ABABCDCD
Question #8:
_______ is a humorous, mocking imitation
of another literary work.
Irony
Lyric poetry
Parody
Question #9:
_______ usually expresses the thoughts and
feelings of one character.
Narrative poetry
Lyric poetry
Neither of these.
Question #10:
To answer the question read the poem by
Emily Dickenson. Choose the correct rhyme
scheme.
AABBCCC
ABCABCC
ABABCBB
AAABBBC
Question #11:
To answer the question read the poem by
Mary Howitt. Choose the correct rhyme
scheme.
ABCABC
AACCBB
AABBCC
ABABCC
Beach Park
Poetry 1
Name ______________________________
Circle the correct answer.
Question #12:
In "The Spider and the Fly" by Mary Howitt,
what was the spider's goal?
to make the fly work for him
to get the fly into his parlor
to make friends with the spider
Question #13:
To answer the question read the poem by
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Choose the correct
rhyme scheme.
ABAB
ABBA
AABB
ABCD
Question #14:
To what event is Emerson referring in this
verse?
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here
once the embattled farmers stood, And
fired the shot heard round the world.
the Industrial Revolution
the American Revolution
the Civil War
Question #15:
Which line of "Concord Hymn" indicates
that Emerson is referring to an event that
happened a long time ago?
The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
Bid Time and Nature gently spare/
The shaft we raise to them and
thee.
Here once the embattled farmers
stood, And fired the shot heard
round the world.
Question #16:
To answer the question read the poem by
Eugene Field. Choose the correct rhyme
scheme.
ABABCDCD
AABBCCDD
ABCDABCD
ACBDACBD
Question #17:
Read the selection, then choose the best
answer. What happened to Little Boy Blue?
He ran away.
He died.
He is at school.
Question #18:
Choose the best definition of this term.
jocund
brave
sorrowful
happy
Beach Park
Poetry 1
Answer Key
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oxymoron
oxymoron
oxymoron
oxymoron
ABABCC
Free verse
AABBCDED
Parody
Lyric poetry
ABABCBB
AABBCC
to get the fly into his parlor
ABAB
the American Revolution
The foe long since in silence slept; Alike
the conqueror silent sleeps;
16. ABABCDCD
17. remembrance
18. happy