Intro to Poetry

Identify the rhyme scheme:

Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

May angels watch me through the night,

And wake me with the morning light.

• AABB

• AAAA

• ABCD

• DDZZ

What do we call "paragraphs" in a poem?

• lines

• stanzas

• rhymes

• sonnets

Rhymes that occur within a line are called ___ .

• end rhymes

• heavy rhymes

• internal rhymes

• figurative lines

Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

"The trees waved at him as he walked through the park" is an example of:

• rhyme

• hyperbole

• haiku

• personification

Which of the following is the BEST example of an alliteration?

• If only I was a little bit taller

• Day after day, day after day, we stuck no breath or motion.

• The sly snake slithers slowly in the sand.

• There is no fate; only what you make.

Even if words don't rhyme, the can still sound good together because of assonance. What is assonance?

• Having the same meaning.

• Words that remind people of each other.

• Sharing a common history.

• Having the same vowel sounds.

Which of the following poems has exactly 14 lines?

• sonnet

• free verse

• haiku

• limerick

A haiku has how many syllables per line?

• 3, 3, 3

• 5, 7, 7

• 9, 1, 1

• 5, 7, 5

When would an elegy be written?

• after winning a championship

• after the death of a loved one

• before an important event

• during times of peace of war