November 13 DOL

Which poetic structure is found in this poem?

• Rhythm

• Short line length

• Repeating words

• Stanzas

What is the speaker's main purpose in the poem?

• to describe his family

• to explain how the dog feels about baths

• to try to get his dog to take a bath

• to tell jokes about his dog

What does the word "hopeless" mean in line 22?

• feeling of despair

• contentment

• a lack of trust

• looking forward to change

The reader can tell that the poem is not written in free-verse form because it has-

• lines longer than others

• no stanzas

• lines that are numbered

• a rhyming pattern

Read the definition in the picture.

Which meaning of "prints" is used in line 29"

• Meaning 1

• Meaning 2

• Meaning 3

• Meaning 4