Unit 3: Poetry Review

What is the primary form of texts we have been reading in this unit?

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Recipes

• Poetry

According to the following lines of "Ode to My Shoes," the shoes do all of the following except..

my shoes

rest

all night

under my bed

tired

they stretch

and loosen

their laces

• rest under the bed

• loosen their laces

• fall asleep

• stretch their laces

Where does the author state the shoes rest in the poem "Ode to My Shoes?"

my shoes

rest

all night

under my bed

tired

they stretch

and loosen

their laces

wide open

they fall asleep

and dream

of walking

they revisit

the places

they went to

during the day

and wake up

cheerful

relaxed

so soft

• under the table

• in the closet

• on the shelf

• under the bed

The primary purpose of the poem "Ode to My Shoes" is to describe...

my shoes

rest

all night

under my bed

tired

they stretch

and loosen

their laces

wide open

they fall asleep

and dream

of walking

they revisit

the places

they went to

during the day

and wake up

cheerful

relaxed

so soft

• the places a pair of shoes visited

• how to clean a pair of shoes

• the nighttime routine of a pair of shoes

• the nightmares of a pair of shoes

What type of figurative language is primarily seen in "Ode to My Shoes"?

my shoes

rest

all night

under my bed

tired

they stretch

and loosen

their laces

wide open

they fall asleep

and dream

of walking

they revisit

the places

they went to

during the day

and wake up

cheerful

relaxed

so soft

• imagery

• symbolism

• alliteration

• personification

According to the speaker in "The Road Not Taken," what has made all the difference?

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that, the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

In the poem"The Road Not Taken," the setting is a forest in the middle of winter.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

• True

• False

The lines:

"And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood"

Supports the statement that...

• The speaker of the poem wishes that he or she did not have to make a choice between roads.

• The speaker of the poem sees a road splitting in the forest.

• The speaker of the poem needs to find a companion for traveling.

• The speaker of the poem needs to hurry home before darkness falls.

Based on the information in "The Road Not Taken," the second road may have "wanted wear" and "been grassy" because few people had taken it.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that, the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

• True

• False

What is the theme of "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost?

(Please type your answer in complete sentences!)