What Is Blue?

1. Read the definition below.

brilliant\adjective\bril-yant

1 very bright

2 clever or talented

3 impressive

4 excellence

Which answer shows the best definition of brilliant as it is used in line 25?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

2. 2.In line 9, the word distant means-

• forbidden

• strange

• faraway

• nearby

3.The poem is mostly about-

• things that are impressive

• mountain tops

• things that are blue

• different animals

4.The poet most likely includes line 5 in the poem because it represents-

• something that is peaceful

• something that is blue

• something that is sad

• something that is simple

5.Read line 1 from the poem.

What is blue-

The repetition of this line emphasizes-

• what the poem is about

• the meaning of the word 'blue'

• the imagery of the poem

• who the speaker of the poem is

6.Read line 7 from the poem.

A dolphin diving through the deep?

This is an example of what poetic structure?

• repetition

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

7.Read lines 12 through 15 from the poem.

A lapping lake with waving wake?

An open sea with sky to match?

A marlin leaping from the hook?

A robin's egg about to hatch?

Which line best shows the author's use of internal rhyme?

• Line 12

• Line 13

• Line 14

• Line 15

8.Read these lines from the poem.

A puff of wispy chimney smoke?

The imagery used in these lines allows the reader to know what-

• chimney smoke can do

• chimney smoke looks like

• the poet likes to see

• wispy means

9. 9.Read line from the poem.

10. A full, forbidding winter moon?

11. What is the poet most likely suggesting in these lines?

• Moons shine in the winter

• Blue moons are scary

• A winter moon looks blue

• Full moons are dangerous

The reader can guess that the poet-

• likes animals

• likes the color blue

• likes using his imagination

• enjoys nature