Poem

What is a poem?

• It is something that you say or do to make people laugh.

• It is a sadness that you show and feel because somebody has died.

• a song of praise, especially one praising God

• It is a collection of words that expresses ideas or emotions in a powerfully vivid and imaginative style.

• a short collection of words that you sing

.... is a form of lengthy poem, often written in blank verse, in which poet shows a protagonist in action of historical significance, or a great mythic.

• Ballad

• Sonnet

• Epic

• Hymn

• Limerick

What is the function of a poem?

• to produce associative learning

• to respond positively to tasks and encourage students in many positive ways

• to repel other males from a defended space and to attract females and stimulate their courtship.

• to convey an idea or emotion in beautiful language

• to adore a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification.

.... is the groups of lines, are like a paragraph in prose.

• line

• stanza

• consistency

• chorus

• verse

He was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English literature.

Who was he?

• William Butler Yeats

• Wallace Stevens

• William Shakespeare

• Walt Whitman

• John Donne

.... is an Indonesian poet, activist and the editor of the monthly literary magazine "Horison" Ismail figured prominently in Indonesian literature of the post-Sukarno period and is considered one of the pioneers of the "Generation of '66.

• Taufik Basuki

• Taufiq Ismail

• Affandi

• Basuki Abdullah

• Mohammad Yamin

You are my rock

When things get tough

Without you I could not walk

Through life being so rough.

What figurative language of the underlined line above?

• personification

• simile

• metaphore

• synedotce

• Onomatopoeia

"The day was as hot as the sun."



What figurative language exposed by the line above?

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphore

• personification

• Onomatopoeia

Oh teddy, you’re so brilliant.

I love you, you’re so fine.

You only have one eye left, but

I’m so glad that you’re mine.

The underlined words is best replaced by....

• impressive

• smart

• beautiful

• fool

• so so

Look at the beauty in her eyes,

a glow that shines like the sunrise.

Her smile opens up the cloudy skies,

her laughter delights butterflies.

The ocean greets her as she passes by.

Her gorgeous toes leave their mark, saying goodbye.

What figurative languange is the underlined line ?

• Simile

• Metaphore

• Hyperbole

• Synecdoche

• Personification