Poetry Structure

Which one is NOT an element of poetry ...

• rhythm and rhyme

• structure

• sound devices

• figurative language

• paragraphs

Structure refers to the way the lines of a poem are arranged. It can be fixed or free.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Some examples of fixed verse are...

• Cinquain

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Ballad

When you clap along to a song or poem, you are clapping to its beat or its ...

• alliteration

• rhyme

• rhythm

• assonance

What is the rhyming pattern to this Poem

• abab

• aabb

• bbaa

• bags

What is the sound device used in this poem?

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• repetition

• consonance

What sound device is used in this poem?

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

• Assonance

What lines in this poem are a metaphor?

• Fur as orange as the blazing sun,

• His eyes are tiny balls of gold,

• His teeth are daggers,

• Sleep embraces him like a blanket,

What line is an example of personification?

• Fur as orange as the blazing sun,

• His eyes are tiny balls of gold,

• His teeth are daggers,

• Sleep embracing him like a blanket,

Which line is an example of a simile?

• Fur as orange as the blazing sun,

• His eyes are tiny balls of gold,

• His teeth are daggers,

• Sleep embracing him like a blanket.