Life Doesn’t Frighten Me

The meter of the poem “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” is most suggestive of —

• a narrative poem, telling a long story in a direct way.

• a limerick, describing a brief incident in a humorous way.

• a nursery rhyme, making a simple statement in a silly way.

• a haiku, giving a pretty description of something in nature.

Which statement describes the poem “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me”?

• the poem is about a child's fear of growing up

• the poem is about a long nightmare

• the poem is constructed entirely of couplets

• the poem's title is also used as the refrain

Which lines in the poem describe the act of driving off fear?

• lines 1-5

• lines 7-11

• lines 13-20

• lines 33-36

What kind of tone does the poem, “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” have?

• humorous

• funny

• adventurous

• serious

What do the lines “I won’t cry / So they fly” tell you about the speaker?

• The speaker is not scared of the things in the poem. 

• The speaker is scared of birds. 

• The speaker is too scared to cry. 

• The speaker cannot fly. 

Annotate the rhyme scheme for the following stanza:  
Shadows on the wall
Noises down the hall
Life doesn’t frighten me at all
Bad dogs barking loud
Big ghosts in a cloud
Life doesn’t frighten me at all

• AAABBC

• AABBBA

• AABCCB

• AAABBA

The poem’s theme focuses on the importance of 

• going to school. 

• imagining scary things. 

• dealing with our fears. 

• learning how to swim. 

The poem's theme focuses on on the importance of

• Imagining scary things

• Learning how to swim

• Dealing with our fears

• Going to school

What do the line "I won't cry / So they fly" tell you about the speaker?

• The speaker is afraid of birds.

• The speaker is too scared to cry.

• The speaker won't let what scares her make her cry.

• The speaker is not scared of the things in the poem.

The poem 'Life Doesn’t Frighten Me' is written by which author?

• A) Maya Angelou

• B) Robert Frost

• C) Emily Dickinson

• D) Langston Hughes