WorksheetsLondon poetry, SO FAR!!
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 8mins
Blank verse lacks
rhythm
rhyme
meter
metaphor
London Calling from The Clash speaks out on
social issues
political issues
environmental issues
all of the above
"History as water, I lie back, remember it all." is a form of
assonance
simile
personification
flat character
"I love dis overcrowded place
Where old buildings mark men and time
And new buildings all seem to race
Up to a cloudy dank skyline,."
these four lines come from which poem
London Breed, Benjamin Zephaniah
The Thames, London 2012 Anne Duffy
LDN, Lilly Allen
The 'light' in "Light came out of this river since" from Heart of Darkness symbolizes
possibility
mystery
disease
"Riding through the city on my bike all day
Cause the filth took away my licence
It doesn't get me down and I feel okay
Cause the sights that I'm seeing are priceless"
This start to her song makes Lilly Allen a flat character
Wrong
Right
Which great Victorian writer walked through London for inspiration and described London as "a place so vivid and central to the plot of most of his novels that it is almost a character itself."
William Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
Benjamin Zephaniah
Oscar Wilde
"A severed head fell from its spike, splashed."
Is an example of
onomatopoeia
simile
metaphor
I like literature because
it enriches my vocabulary
book lovers are sexyer than iPhone X gazers
It opens my eyes to worlds other than mine
all of the above
Cockney is mainly spoken in
Liverpool
London
Leicester
Londonderry
"Porky Pies" means … in cockney
lies
supplies
ties
parties
The use of vowel sounds to create internal rhyme in ‘the EArly bIrd catches the wOrm’ is called
alliteration
apologetic
assonance
October arrived, spreading a damp chill over the grounds and into the castle. Madam Pomfrey, the nurse, was kept busy by a sudden spate of colds among the staff and students. Her Pepperup potion worked instantly, though it left the drinker smoking at the ears for several hours afterward. (Rowling 1999)
This is an example of a
setting
theme
sonnet
"The river glideth at his own sweet will"
this line shows
metaphor
alliteration
iambic pentameter
How many pairs of syllables are there in one line of Iambic Pentameter?
3
5
4
6
Which of these sentences is in Iambic Pentameter?
Is this what I am supposed to see?
Hey boomer - to hell with you!
The Oxford Companion is very kind to me
Now go with pride before the gath'ring crowd
In which word is the second syllable stressed? (ONE ANSWER ONLY)
Fast
Brainy
Approve
Water
Who is the author of Bleak House?
Charles Dickens
Edgar Allan Poe
Shakespeare
Victor Hugo
Why is the bridge important in the poem Upon Westminster bridge by William Wordsworth?
It is what was viewed
It is where the city is viewed from
It was one of the things which were seen.
It symbolised the progress and stability William Wordsworth had
Fill in the blank: "I wander through each ______________ street." (London, William Blake)
Filthy
Charter'd
Hideous
Manacled
What does the word "charter'd" mean in London by William Blake?
Huge
Owned
Dirty
Built-up
