Poetry Analysis Quiz

Excerpt from the poem:

Winter-Time by Robert Louis Stevenson

Late lies the wintry sun a-bed

A frosty, fiery sleepy-head

Blinks but an hour or two; and then,

A blood-red orange, sets again

When to go out, my nurse doth wrap

Me in my comforter and cap;

The cold winter burns mt face, and blows

It's frosty pepper up my nose

The poet describes the sun as a "frosty, fiery, sleepy-head." This is an example of...

• Rhyme Scheme

• Onomoatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Internal Rhyme (rhymes within the line)

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Excerpt from the poem:

Winter-Time by Robert Louis Stevenson

Late lies the wintry sun a-bed

A frosty, fiery sleepy-head

Blinks but an hour or two; and then,

A blood-red orange, sets again

When to go out, my nurse doth wrap

Me in my comforter and cap;

The cold winter burns mt face, and blows

It's frosty pepper up my nose.

Read the following lines from the poem:

Blinks but an hour or two; and then, a blood-red orange, sets again

What does the poet mean by these lines?

• The sun rarely shines during the winter

• The speaker doesn't really pay attention to the time

• The sun blinks on and off during the winter

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Excerpt from the poem:

Winter-Time by Robert Louis Stevenson

Late lies the wintry sun a-bed

A frosty, fiery sleepy-head

Blinks but an hour or two; and then,

A blood-red orange, sets again

When to go out, my nurse doth wrap

Me in my comforter and cap;

The cold winter burns mt face, and blows

It's frosty pepper up my nose

In the last stanza, what is the rhyme scheme?

• The first and second lines rhyme, and the third and fourth lines rhyme.

• The second, third, and fourth lines rhyme.

• The first and fourth lines rhyme, and the second and third lines rhyme.

• The first and third lines rhyme, and the second and fourth lines rhyme.

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Excerpted from

Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe

And the starts never rise but I feel the bright eyes

of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side

Of my darling, my darling, my life, and my bride.

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

• ABCC

• ABBA

• ABAC

• AABB

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Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe

And the starts never rise but I feel the bright eyes

of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side

Of my darling, my darling, my life, and my bride.

What type of rhyme is present in this poem?

• Internal rhyme

  (rhyme within the line)

• End rhyme

  (rhyme at the end of the line)

• Both A and B

• This poem does not have a rhyme scheme

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Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe

And the starts never rise but I feel the bright eyes

of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side

Of my darling, my darling, my life, and my bride.

Why does the poet repeat the phrase "my darling?"

• To show the reader a common nickname for Annabel Lee

• To emphasize the speaker's fond* feelings for his wife

  *fond - having an affection or liking for

• To create internal rhyme (rhyme inside the line) in the poem

• To show when the poem was written

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A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns

O my Love's like a red, red, rose

That's newly spring in June;

O my Love's like the melodie

That's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass*

So deep in love am I:

And I will love thee still, my dear,

Till the seas go dry

*Bonnie lass: a pretty girl

What type of figurative language is present in this poem?

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Imagery

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A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns

O my Love's like a red, red, rose

That's newly spring in June;

O my Love's like the melodie

That's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass*

So deep in love am I:

And I will love thee still, my dear,

Till the seas go dry

*Bonnie lass: a pretty girl

This poem is organized into -

• Three stanzas

• Three paragraphs

• Two stanzas

• Two paragraphs

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A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns

O my Love's like a red, red, rose

That's newly spring in June;

O my Love's like the melodie

That's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass*

So deep in love am I:

And I will love thee still, my dear,

Till the seas go dry

*Bonnie lass: a pretty girl

Why did the poet include the definition of the phrase "bonnie lass?"

• To let the reader know what the girl's name was

• To help the reader understand who the speaker is talking to

• To let the speaker know this poem was written a long time ago

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The Bells by Edgar Allen Poe

How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,

In the icy air of night!

To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells

From the bells, bells. bells,

Bells, bells, bells

From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells

What form of figurative language is present in line 1?

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Sensory details

  (5 senses - hear, see, smell, taste, touch)

• Metaphor

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