Poetic Devices #4

In poetry, lyrics are...

• Poems with a musical quality.

• Used only in poems that sound like songs.

• Another name for slam poetry.

• The words of the poem.

The mood of a poem is...

• The overall feeling that the poem creates for the reader.

• Things the reader associates with the words in the poem.

• Descriptive passages in a poem.

• The reader's interpretation of the poem.

In poetry "imagery" refers to...

• Researching background information about the poem.

• Only the visual images created in the reader's mind.

• Elements of the poem that engage any or all of the senses.

• When the poem reminds the reader of a personal experience.

In poetry, symbolism refers to...

• Literal meanings of all the poems words.

• The use of an object or item to represent an idea or theme.

• The importance of colourful descriptions.

• Poems that follow a specific structural pattern.

If a poem made reference to the colour white, children laughing and garden, the poem might be symbolic of what?

• Mistrust

• Envy

• Anger

• Innocence

In poetry, imagery engages...

• Connections to personal memories

• Visual images only

• All five senses

• The artistic impulse to sketch pictures of what you visualise

Today, lyrics are most often associated with....

• Classical music

• The words of songs

• People who have a musical trill to their voice

• Streets named after famous musicians

Which group of words conveys a mood of mystery?

• Booming, electric, blaring, music

• Sunny, happy, yellow, day

• Breeze, cool, shaded, sleepy

• Shadowed, misty, moonless, midnight

Which word group would be most likely to enable visualisation of a family celebration?

• Laugh, unwrap, roast dinner, enjoyment

• Alone, room, sulk, annoyed

• Dive, discover, sunburn, treasures

• Trudge, perspire, exhaustion, summit

Which line of poetry conveys a mood of hope?

• Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?

• Do you ever feel so paper thin, a house of cards, one blow from cavin' in?

• Do you ever feel already buried deep?

• If you only knew what the future holds; after a hurricane comes a rainbow.