Poetry Skills

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

Read the poem above called "Falling Up."

Is there repetition? If so, what?

• Yes, Tripped

• No repetition

• Yes, Up

Read the poem "Car Sick" above.

Is there repetition? If so, what?

• No repetition

• Yes, I'm car sick

• Yes, still

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)

How many repetitions are there?

• two

• No repetition

• one

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, light

• Yes, shake

• No repetition

Choose the following line of poetry that contains repetition.

• I do not like them in a box

• Let's throw sticks in the creek all day

• Witch, witch where do you fly?

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?

• Bounce in' upon the trampoline

  So high above the ground.

  Just as I was going up

  I saw her--coming 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.

Choose the line of poetry that contains repetition.

• She sat with me every night that week

• My hands find another and another

• Today is my birthday

Which word does not rhyme with

SIT

• lit

• hit

• light

Which word does not rhyme with

HAM

• ram

• stop

• dam