For a Poet

Does the poet encourage hatred for brothers in the poem ‘No Men Are Foreign’?

• Yes

• No

• Only for soldiers at warfront

• For the greedy ones

In the poem ‘No Men Are Foreign’ the poet emphasizes that we should not consider anyone as our ________

• Brother

• Soldier

• Enemy

•  Beloved

According to the poet James Kirkup, belonging to a different country doesn’t make one

• Violent

• Different

• Carefree

• Indifferent

Why is the figurative language a poet uses important in understanding a poem?

• The figurative language often reveals the poet's attitude toward the subject of the poem.

• The figurative language makes a poem more entertaining to read.

• The figurative language demonstrates a poet's understanding of the topic of their poem.

• The figurative language tests a reader's ability to understand difficult texts.

The best question to ask yourself when you see a simile or metaphor in a poem is...

• What other poems have I seen this figurative language used in?

• Why did the author choose this type of figurative language?

• What is being compared and does it make sense?

• Why are these two things being compared and what is the effect?

What is true about alliteration in poetry?

• Hard sounds such as buh and kuh create a harsh, negative tone.

• Soft sounds such as sh- and ch- create a soft, positive tone.

• Alliterative words do not have to be directly next to each other.

• All of these are true.

Words and phrases repeated in a poem are often...

• symbolic and related to the poem's theme.

• descriptive words.

• a sign that the poet did not have a strong vocabulary.

• not important.

Highlighting positive words/ phrases in one color and negative words/ phrases in another color...

• helps you easily identify the poet's attitude in a poem.

• shows you if a poet feels happy or sad in their poem.

• helps you understand the theme of a poem.

• shows you the figurative language in a poem.

An easy way to identify the shift (change in tone) in a poem is to...

• understand the symbolic meaning of the title.

• observe if the figurative language used is funny or sad.

• count the stanzas.

• notice where your positive and negative highlighter colors change.

Which of the following are clue words/ phrases for the shift in a poem?

• also, and, as well, in addition to

• because, for, so, then

• but, yet, until, however

• unfortunately, luckily, happily, sadly