Poetry Review - Elements & Analysis

​FORM

• ​The form refers to the organization of a poem or the way it looks.

• ​A poem is made up of lines. A group of lines is a stanza.

  • ​Think of stanzas as being "paragraphs" within a poem.

• How many stanzas are in this poem?

​SPEAKER

• ​The speaker in a poem is, essentially, the narrator - the person or voice that is relaying the context of the poem to us, the reader.

• ​The speaker does not always have to be identified by name or by identity - it can be a description such as "a person observing" or "someone that...

• ​Who do you think is the speaker in this poem?

Multiple Choice

How many stanzas are in this poem?

• 2

• 4

• 14

• 15

Multiple Choice

The author is Shel Silverstein.

Who is the speaker of the poem?

• giant

• the giant's friend

• someone not in the poem

​RHYME SCHEME

• ​The patterns of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem or stanza.

• Steps to finding rhyme scheme:

  • ​Identify all the words at the end of all of the lines in the stanza or poem you are doing (underline them)

  • Assign the letter 'A' to the first line, automatically​

  • ​Look at the other lines and see if any of them rhyme with A. If they do, they also get the letter A.

  • ​The next blank line gets the letter 'B'.

  • ​Look to see if other lines rhyme with B. If so, they also get the letter B.

  • ​Repeat until all lines are assigned a letter.

  • ​The rhyme scheme is all the letters put together in the order that they are in the poem.

Multiple Choice

What is the RHYME SCHEME of this poem?

--

Roses are red,

We have the FLU.

I can't smell anything

And neither can YOU

• A, C, A, B

• A, B, C, B

• A, B, C, C

• A, B, A, B

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme for the poem “Dreams”?

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

• AABB
• ABAB
• ABCB

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Siberski whispered, "Shhhhh!" during the test.  ^{This is an example of...}

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• neither

Multiple Choice

What is an example of an alliteration?

• The vase flew off of the shelf. 
• Powerful pandas punch parrots.
• The plant liked to fly.
• I like to eat pie

Multiple Choice

One bite of the sour lemon caused my lips to pucker.  Which sense does this describe?

• Taste
• Sight
• Smell
• Touch

Multiple Choice

Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?   
My fingers lingered on the familiar leaves....

• sight
• touch
• taste
• smell

Multiple Choice

The car squeaked every time I hit a road bump.  Which sense am I describing?

• Sight
• Sound
• Smell
• Taste

Multiple Choice

Her fragrance was very strong.  What sense does this describe?

• Sound
• Touch
• Sight
• Smell

Multiple Choice

The Beast looked like a bear and a lion at the same time.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

The train screamed down the tracks.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

Katniss's bravery lit the flame of revolution.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

I Dream a World by Langston Hughes

A world I dream where black or white,

Whatever race you be,

Will share the bounties of the earth

And every man is free,

What is the tone?

• hopeful

• fearful

• agitated

• puzzled

Multiple Choice

Which tone is represented in the following poem?

Wow!

With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles

that car can almost fly

Can you believe what you just saw?

It nearly flew towards the sky.

• Annoying
• Excited
• Calm
• Scary

Multiple Choice

I come with no wrapping or pretty pink bows.

I am who I am, from my head to my toes.

I tend to get loud when speaking my mind.

Even a little crazy some of the time.

I'm not a size 5 and don't care to be.

You can be you and I can be me.

I try to stay strong when pain knocks me down.

And the times that I cry are when no one's around.

To error is human or so that's what they say.

Well, tell me who's perfect anyway.

What would be a theme of this poem?

• Love conquers all

• Nobody is perfect

• Handwork pays off

• It's okay to be wrong

​IMPORTANT ELEMENTS TO REMEMBER

• ​Stanza

• ​Speaker

• ​Rhyme and Rhyme Scheme

• ​Figurative Language

• ​Theme

• ​Tone

• ​Repetition