Exploring Free Verse Poetry Concepts

The video explores how poets express their excitement about nature through poetry. It features poems about snow, a fall nature walk, and observing the sky. The video also discusses how nature inspires poets and explains the concept of free verse poetry, which conveys thoughts and feelings without rhyming.

What is the essential question discussed in the introduction?

• What is the meaning of life?

• Why is poetry important?

• How do poets write poems?

• What excites us about nature?

In 'Snow Shape', what does the snow look like?

• A cloud

• Cold milk

• A flower

• A blanket

What does the poet do after falling straight back in 'Snow Shape'?

• Runs around

• Rolls over

• Slides arms up and down

• Jumps up and down

In 'Nature Walk', what do the leaves on the ground resemble?

• A blanket

• A carpet

• A bed

• A pillow

How does the air feel during a fall walk in 'Nature Walk'?

• As cool as drops of rain

• As hot as fire

• As warm as the sun

• As cold as ice

In 'In the Sky', what does the poet see first?

• A pale flower

• A buffalo and her baby

• A giant polar bear

• A cowboy on his horse

What does the poet see changing in 'In the Sky'?

• A cowboy on his horse

• A giant polar bear

• A pale flower

• A buffalo and her baby

What is a characteristic of free verse poetry?

• It always rhymes

• It has a fixed structure

• It is always about nature

• It does not rhyme

Which poem is identified as a free verse poem?

• Snow Shape

• In the Sky

• Nature Walk

• All of the above

What does free verse poetry often include?

• Similes

• Rhymes

• Refrains

• Fixed meter