Free verse poetry

Instead of a paragraph, in poetry we call the chunks...

• stanzas
• sections
• staza
• stan

Compare and contrast free verse with traditional forms of poetry.

• Free verse and traditional forms of poetry have the same structure and expression.

• Free verse always follows specific rhyme schemes, unlike traditional forms of poetry.

• Free verse allows for more freedom in structure and expression, while traditional forms of poetry follow specific structures and rhyme schemes.

• Traditional forms of poetry allow for more freedom in structure and expression, while free verse follows specific structures.

Which type of writing tends to contain more figurative language?

• Prose

• Poetry

ripple by Carl Sandburg

Once when I saw a cripple

Gasping slowly his last days with the white plague,

Looking from hollow eyes, calling for air,

Desperately gesturing with wasted hands

In the dark and dust of a house down in a slum,

I said to myself

I would rather have been a tall sunflower

Living in a country garden

Lifting a golden-brown face to the summer,

Rain-washed and dew-misted,

Mixed with the poppies and ranking hollyhocks,

And wonderingly watching night after night

The clear silent processionals of stars.

Which statement best describes the main theme of the poem?

• A. Escape in nature's beauty.

• B. Pity the unfortunate.

• C. Take care of the disabled.

• D. Life is like a sunflower.

The shape of the structure of a poem; the way a poem looks on a page

• Lines

• Form

• Prose

• Rhythm

This word describes a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound in a poem - the "beat."

• Line

• Song

• Stanza

• Rhythm

is poetry that is written in such a way that the words of the poem form a shape that relates to the poem in some way.

• concrete

• free verse

• lyric

• simile

A type of writing written to encourage feeling and create a thoughtful response. This type of writing often uses rhyme and rhythm to convey a message.

• drama
• fantasy
• poetry
• mystery

3. Lines arranged in groups called stanzas is an element of which form of literature?

• poetry

• prose

• drama

What is a single row of words called in a poem?

• Line

• Stanza

• Sentence

• Rhyming