Analyzing Poems

Analyze poems using SWIFT. What does the F stand for?

• free verse

• finesse

• figurative language

Analyze poems using SWIFT. What does the T stand for?

• tension

• tone

• theme

A type of poetry that has no real rhyme or pattern

• Rhyme Pattern

• Meter

• Limerick

• Free Verse

What is the rhyme scheme?My heart be brave, and do not falter so, Nor utter more that deep, despairing wail. Thy way is very dark and drear I know, But do not let thy strength and courage fail;

• ABAB

• ABCD

• AABB

What is the rhyme scheme?

They are all gone away,
The House is shut and still,
There is nothing more to say.

Through broken walls and gray
The winds blow bleak and shrill:
They are all gone away.

• ABA ABA

• ABC DEF

• AAB BCC

This is an example of...

• Alliteration

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Line breaks

What type of poem is "Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward" pg. 117?

• Haiku

• Lyric Poem

• Free Verse Poem

• Rhyme

Free verse poetry...

• has a set rhyme scheme.

• usually includes 14 lines with end rhymes.

• is a type of poem in which a single speaker expresses personal ideas and feelings.

• does not follow a specific rhyming pattern or metrical form.

What is an element of free verse poetry?

• Narrative

• Line breaks

• Rhyme

• Harmony

Line breaks create...

• a sense of unity.

• mood and emphasizes ideas.

• effects and emphasis.

• rhyme and rhythm.