A Lyric Poem

What does a lyric poem express?

• gloomy times and bad feelings

• hard times and hurt feelings

• happy times and exciting feelings

• personal thoughts and feelings

A lyric poem is a ______________poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings.

• happy

• long

• extensive

• short

In ancient times, lyric poems were created to be __________.

• read

• sung

• explained

• imagined

Lyric poems have some elements in common with songs. Choose three.

• rhythm and melody

• famous singer

• creative word choice

• single, unified impression

Which type of poetry tells a story?

• Lyric
• Narrative
• Haiku
• Free Verse

A poem consisting of a single speaker expressing a feeling, emotion, or thought

• Lyric

• Sonnet

• Narrative

• Free Verse

Which vocabulary word is being defined?

The beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• meter

• simile

• rhythm

• alliteration

What device is used here:
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."

• Refrain
• Rhyme
• Meter
• Simile

The voice that "talks" to the reader.

• Stanza

• Internal Rhyme

• End Rhyme

• Speaker

Shows the speaker's attitude toward his/her subject.

• Tone

• Symbol

• Theme

• Couplet