IB Poetry

What type of poem is Ornithopter?

• Free Verse
• Limerick

What are characteristics of a limerick? (Check ALL that apply)

• 5 lines in each stanza
• It can have any amount of lines
• It does not have to rhyme

Which sentence best summarizes the poem?

• A boy was chasing a goose
• A pilot created a plane and was flying it for the first time.

Which is an example of a simile?

• The pilot was happily snapping bird wings into place.
• And the plane was repeatedly flapping.
• On a plane so absurd as to think it's a bird.

What do these lines from the poem mean? Choose the BEST answer.
" On a plane so absurd, as to think it's a bird"

• The plane was like a bird, flying in the air.
• The pilot flew the plane.

How many stanzas are in this poem?

• 1
• 10
• 2

Who is the speaker in the poem?

• The pilot
• Someone watching everything happen.