WorksheetsPoetry
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 6mins
A group of lines in a poem is called
stanza
line break
form
paragraph
What is the rhyme scheme for the poem “Dreams”?
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
AABB
ABCB
ABAB
Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight key words, make a poem memorable, or create a feeling or mood is called
rhyme
onomatopoeia
repetition
alliteration
When rhyming is organized into patterns and can be labeled aaba it is called
rhyme
rhyme scheme
rhythm
alliteration
Using words that have the same (or very similar) ending sound
is called
rhyme
onomatopoeia
rhythm
alliteration
Which of the following lines from contains onomatopoeia?
He ran to the kitchen
Her heels clacked on the floor
She slept through dinner
He dropped the napkin
The lines of “Dreams” are short, have alliteration and the poem uses a specific rhyming pattern. What effect does this have on the poem?
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
The poem reads quickly, which helps show how easy it is to hold onto your dreams if you really try.
The poem reads slowly, which shows how life drags by without dreams.
The poems reads quickly, which helps show how easily dreams can get away from you if you don’t hold onto them
The poem reads slowly, which shows how life without dreams is
A direct comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use like or as
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
personification
Poetry that does not follow a specific form and does not have to rhyme is known as __________________ poetry.
free verse
tone
stanza
onomatopoeia
Read the following poem "The West Wind, and answer the question that follows.
It’s a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds’ cries;
I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes.
For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills,
And April’s in the west wind, and daffodils.
It’s a fine land, the west land, for hearts as tired as mine;
Apple orchards blossom there, and the airs’ like wine.
There is cool green grass there where men may lie at rest;
And the thrushes are in song there, fluting from their nest.
What is the rhyme scheme?
aabbaacc
aabbccdd
abababab
abbcbccd
What literary device is used in the following words? "Warm wind, the west wind"
alliteration
onomatopoeia
rhythm
rhyme
Apple orchards blossom there, and the airs' like wine. This line has a comparison.____________is being compared to _________
song to a nest
air to song
air to wine
blossoms to air
It’s a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds’ cries; The sense of _________ and the sense of ________ are appealed to in the first line of the poem.
touch and sight
sight and taste
sound and smell
touch and sound
