Daffodowndilly

Daffodowndilly

by A. A. Milne (recognize this author?)

Daffodowndilly

She wore her yellow sun-bonnet

She wore her greenest gown,

She turned to the south wind

And curtsied up and down.

She turned to the sunlight

And shook her yellow head,

And whispered to her neighbor,

“Winter is dead.”

Multiple Select

She wore her yellow sun-bonnet

She wore her greenest gown,

She turned to the south wind

And curtsied up and down.

She turned to the sunlight

And shook her yellow head,

And whispered to her neighbor,

“Winter is dead.”

What SOUND DEVICES do you notice?

• end rhyme

• slant rhyme

• alliteration

• repetition

Multiple Choice

She wore her yellow sun-bonnet

She wore her greenest gown,

She turned to the south wind

And curtsied up and down.

She turned to the sunlight

And shook her yellow head,

And whispered to her neighbor,

“Winter is dead.”

What is the RHYME SCHEME?

• AABB

• ABCB

• ABCDEFGH

• There is no pattern

Open Ended

She wore her yellow sun-bonnet

She wore her greenest gown,

She turned to the south wind

And curtsied up and down.

She turned to the sunlight

And shook her yellow head,

And whispered to her neighbor,

“Winter is dead.”

What springtime object is the author describing in the poem?

Multiple Choice

She wore her yellow sun-bonnet

She wore her greenest gown,

She turned to the south wind

And curtsied up and down.

She turned to the sunlight

And shook her yellow head,

And whispered to her neighbor,

“Winter is dead.”

What type of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE is used in this poem?

• simile

• hyperbole

• allusion

• personification

Open Ended

What idea do you think the speaker is EXPRESSING in this poem?