Poetry Analysis

*Read the poem "The Wind" by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The poet uses repetition by including the line(s) -

• I saw the different things you did,

• I felt you push, I heard you call, / I could not see yourself at all -

• O you that are so strong and cold,

• O wind, a-blowing all day long, / O wind, that sings so loud a song!

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*Read the poem "The Wind" by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The poet uses the words "like ladies' skirts" to describe the sound of -

• sky

• wind

• kites

• songs

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*Read the poem "The Wind" by Robert Louis Stevenson.

What words from the poem create the image of wind moving?

• blow the birds

• sings so loud

• strong and cold

• all day long

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CCSS.RL.3.4

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*Read the poem "The Wind" by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The poet uses figurative language in the line "Are you a beast of field and tree" to show --

• the music of the wind

• the stillness of the wind

• the strength of the wind

• the temperature of the wind

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CCSS.RL.3.4

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*Read the poem "Giles at 14" by Diane de Anda.

What line from the poem helps you picture what the cat looks like?

• From high atop the tallest trees

• His eyes still sparkle orange-gold

• But he can leap and climb up still

• And catch them now in his mind's eye

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CCSS.RL.3.4

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*Read the poem "Giles at 14" by Diane de Anda.

What detail from the poem combines with the line "His once bright stripes of marmalade" to help the reader imagine the cat's fur?

• A tiger cat

• Shadows down the hall

• A catnip mouse

• Of hunting days

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*Read the poem "Giles at 14" by Diane de Anda.

Which metaphor from the poem helps the reader imagine the cat as a hunter?

• His realm is now inside my house,

• His fiercest prey a catnip mouse,

• To sit and watch the birds fly by

• Then curl right up onto my lap

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

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