Poetry Elements Review

But our love it was stronger by far than the love

Of those who were older than we—

Of many far wiser than we—

And neither the angels in Heaven above

Nor the demons down under the sea

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee

Question:

What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza above?

• ABBABCB

• ABBCDEB

• ABBCDEB

• ABBACDB

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

This poetry element refers to the "speaker" in the poem.

• Personification

• Person

• Persona

• Persons

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

"Antigonish" is an 1899 poem by the American educator and poet, William Hughes Mearns. Which mood or emotion was being evoked in its first stanza?

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Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there!
He wasn't there again today,
Oh how I wish he'd go away!

• optimistic

• excitement

• creepy

• funny

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

This poetry element refers to the writer's attitude toward the poem's subject or audience.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The wheel is flat;

Mirror's a bit broken

Why is it raining?

Let's give it a minute

Don't fret

We'd still get there

Today's still a good time

For a fun hangout

Question:

What is the tone of the poem?

• frustrated

• arrogant

• humble

• optimistic

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which type of imagery is used in the following lines?

Here I go in this powdery room

Welcomed by roses in full bloom 

Oh this blue, powdery room

Speaks of grandma's old perfume

• visual

• auditory

• olfactory

• tactile

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which type of imagery is used in the stanza below:

The winter evening settles down

Perfectly with burnt-out ends of steak

Struck it gently; its juice overflows

What a way to end this day

• gustatory

• tactile

• auditory

• visual

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which type of imagery was used in the first stanza of Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World?

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I see trees of green
Red roses too
I see them bloom
For me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

• Visual

• Auditory

• Tactile

• Olfactory

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Identify the imagery type used.

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The great clock strikes twelve, the chimes cutting through the noisy hustle and bustle of the city. The incessant honks of impatient drivers fill my ears whilst the faint melody from the guitar of a street busker sounds in the distance.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

An iamb is a unit of meter with two syllables, where the first syllable is unstressed and the second syllable is stressed.

Which of the following words is an example of an iamb?

• attack

• pencil

• carrot

• teacher

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5