Anthol C minus love poetry

If: Top three themes ________

• Masculinity, Responsibility, Growing Up

• Love, Betrayal, Revenge

• Wealth, Power, Corruption

• Friendship, Loyalty, Sacrifice

If: What form does the poem take?

• Dramatic Monologue - father to son

• Sonnet

• Haiku

• Ballad

If: Describe the structure

• 4 octaves, 11 hypothetical statements (If...) with one conclusion.

• 3 octaves, 8 hypothetical statements (If...) with two conclusions.

• 5 octaves, 10 hypothetical statements (If...) with three conclusions.

• 2 octaves, 12 hypothetical statements (If...) with no conclusion.

If: The most common sentence structure ________

• Balanced antithetical phrases

• Simple exclamatory sentences

• Complex interrogative clauses

• Fragmented imperative commands

If: What is personified? ________

• Experience

• Table

• Carpet

• Window

If: Comparable relationship poem ________

• Poem at 39

• Still I Rise

• The Road Not Taken

• Ode to a Nightingale

Prayer Before Birth: Top three themes ________

• War, Fear, Innocence

• Love, Betrayal, Hope

• Nature, Technology, Progress

• Freedom, Justice, Equality

Prayer Before Birth: What form does the poem take?

• Dramatic monologue - unborn child

• Sonnet

• Ballad

• Ode

Prayer Before Birth: Describe the structure

• Typogram - stepped stanzas, shape poem descends, mimetic.

• Sonnet - 14 lines, strict rhyme scheme.

• Haiku - 3 lines, 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

• Ballad - quatrains with ABAB rhyme scheme.

Prayer Before Birth: What device builds a sense of the many horrors?

• Asyndetic lists

• Metaphor

• Rhyme scheme

• Alliteration