Unit 2 Week 5 Poetry

A stanza is two or more lines of poetry that together form a unit of the poem.

For example, the poem above has 3 stanzas (they almost look like paragraphs)

• True

• False

How many stanzas does the poem "Snow Day" have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

How many stanzas does the poem "The Schoolhouse" have?

• 3

• 5

• 7

Look at the stanza from the poem "The Climb"

Today, at school,

I drop my milk at lunch,

take a pop quiz,

and argue with my friends.

Does this poem have rhyme scheme (do any of the lines rhyme)?

• No rhyme scheme

• Yes, lines 1 & 3

• Yes, lines 1 & 4

Repetition is the use of repeated words or phrases in a poem.

For example: "The rock is very, very far away"

• True

• False

Read the following stanza from the poem "Winner."

What I remember most

is my dad behind the rusted screen

back of home plate

"You can hit this guy!"

his voice not letting up

through four fast balls

(two misses swinging late,

two fouls on checked swings)

Is there any repetition? If so what?

• Yes, the word "two"

• No repetition

• Yes, the word "dad'

Read the following stanza from the poem "Genius."

Urgently, I shake her

til she switches on the light.

Is there any repetition? If so, what?

• Yes, the word "light"

• Yes, the word "shake"

• No repetition

Choose the following line of poetry that contains repetition.

• I loved my friend

• Witch, witch where do you fly?

• I do not like them in a box

Choose the line of poetry that contains repetition.

• The cool white keys stretched for miles

• Today is my birthday

• My hands find another and another

Choose the stanza below that contains repetition.

• One sister for sale!

  One sister for sale!

  One crying and spying young sister for sale!

  I'm really not kidding.

  So who'll start the bidding?

• Bouncin' upon the trampoline

  So high above the ground.

  Just as I was goin' up

  I saw her--comin' down.

• Sunday dinner isn't sunny

  Easter feasts are just bad luck

  When you see it from the viewpoint

  Of a chicken or a duck.