Elements of Poetry

What is the definition of poetry?

• Writing that tells a detailed narrative
• Unique text with relatively few words
• Structure of rhyming and short paragraphs
• Art form emphasizing aesthetic and semantic content

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Which of the following is the definition of lyric poetry?

• A poem that tells a story
• When a speaker expresses strong thoughts and personal feelings
• A poem that uses imagery and detailed language
• When a speaker talks directly to the reader

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Which of the following is the definition of narrative poetry?

• A poem that tells a story
• When a speaker expresses strong thoughts and personal feelings
• A poem that uses imagery and detailed language
• When a speaker talks directly to the reader

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Which of the following is the definition of descriptive poetry?

• A poem that tells a story
• When a speaker expresses strong thoughts and personal feelings
• A poem that uses imagery and detailed language
• When a speaker talks directly to the reader

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How does structure affect a poem?

• Structure identifies how many words there are
• Structure influences the organization of lines and sounds
• Structure explains the content of a poem
• Structure does not affect poetry

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What is the definition of free verse?

• Poetry that may or may not rhyme and DOES NOT have regular meter (pattern of rhythm)
• Poetry that does NOT rhyme but does have meter (often iambic pentameter)

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What is the definition of blank verse?

• Poetry that may or may not rhyme and DOES NOT have regular meter (pattern of rhythm)
• Poetry that does NOT rhyme but does have meter (often iambic pentameter)

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Is this poem free verse or blank verse?
You stars that reign’d at my nativity,
Whose influence allotted death & hell,
Now draw up Faustus like a foggy mist

• Free Verse
• Blank Verse

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Is this poem free verse or blank verse?
The fog comes on little cat feet.
It sits looking over harbor and city
on silent haunches & then moves on.

• Free Verse
• Blank Verse

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Identify the LINE in this poem.
The butterfly is a thing to behold,
with colors more beautiful than gold.
Oh, how I enjoy your beauty butterfly,
as I sit and watch you flutter by.

• The butterfly
• The butterfly is a thing to behold,
  with colors more beautiful than gold.
  Oh, how I enjoy your beauty butterfly,
  as I sit and watch you flutter by.
• Watch  you flutter by
• The butterfly is a thing to behold

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