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POETRY REVISION

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following wrote the poem NIGHT

a)

Walter De La Mare

b)

Horation Bonar

c)

William Blake

d)

Edward Shanks

2.

What figure of speech is the following?

" the moon sits and smiles on the night"

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

3.

When words start with the same letter

a)

assonance

b)

ambiguity

c)

alliteration

d)

technique

4.

Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

zoomorphism

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

5.

Saying something is 'like' or 'as' something else

a)

mood

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

sibilance

6.

What year was William Blake born?

a)

1857

b)

1757

c)

1827

d)

1727

7.

The poem "NIGHT" has ____stanzas and ______lines

a)

8 stanzas 1 line

b)

2stanzas 4 lines

c)

1 stanza and 8 lines

d)

4 stanzas and 16 lines

8.

Where does the sun set?

a)

east

b)

north

c)

south

d)

west

9.

What word rhymes with "nest " from the poem NIGHT?

a)

chest

b)

crest

c)

west

d)

rest

10.

Which of this poem was written by Walter De La mare?

a)

NIGHT

b)

THE STORM

c)

ALL BUT BLIND

d)

BE TRUE

11.

Complete the following from the poem wriitten by Walter De La Mare


All but blind

in his ----[ a]--- hole

----[b]----for worms

The ---[c]--- mole

a)

[a] gropes, [b] mopes [c] chambered

b)

[a] chambered [b] gropes, [c] mopes

c)

[a] gropes, [b] mole [c] chambered

d)

[a] chambered [b] gropes, [c] four clawed