WorksheetsUnit 1 Power of Poetry
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 12mins
How does the point of view in "The Raven" affect the reader's interpretation of the text?
It is written in the first person so the reader only sees the raven as the speaker sees him.
It is written in third person so the reader understands both the speaker and the raven.
It is written in first person so the reader understands the raven's motivations.
It is written in first and third person so the reader understands the speaker and hears the raven.
Traditionally, what is a characteristic of a sonnet?
no rhyme scheme
ends in a couplet
broken line lengths
irregular meter
Read these lines from "Ozymandias."
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
What is the meaning of the pun in these lines?
The traveler is not telling the truth about what he saw.
The statue is "sunk" just as Ozymandias himself was lowered into the ground.
The statue "lies" in pieces and also "lies" about who Ozymandias really was.
The face of the statute is "shattered" in the same way that Ozymandias "shattered" the kingdom.
Read the stanza from "The Battle of Blenheim."
"And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win." "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Peterkin. "Why that I cannot tell," said he, "But 'twas a famous victory."
How does Robert Southey's word choice affect the tone in this stanza of the poem?
It suggests a honest and matter-of-fact tone.
It creates a sad and mournful tone.
It suggests a hopeful and sincere tone.
It creates an ironic and sarcastic tone.
Read this stanza from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe.
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; —vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore— For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore— Nameless here for evermore
Which mood does the setting in this stanza from “The Raven” best create?
sad
enchanting
hopeful
haunting
Read these lines from “The Song of Wandering Aengus.”
It had become a glimmering girl With apple blossom in her hair Who called me by my name and ran And faded through the brightening air.
How does this incident move the action of the poem forward?
It resolves the major conflict of the poem: the speaker has been reunited with his long-lost love.
It establishes that the speaker is dreaming of a girl who never really existed.
It sets up the major conflict of the poem: the speaker will devote his life to finding this beautiful but elusive girl.
It establishes that the speaker is unreliable.
Read the stanza from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe.
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted—nevermore!
Which line of the stanza contains an allusion?
"And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;"
"On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;"
"And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,"
"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor"
Which sentence correctly uses a Latin root word that means to see?
You can see that her prediction was right.
Do not disrespect me by telling a lie.
I will be a spectator at the game today.
She said the words to agitate me.
Which sentence best uses the word shell in the sense of "a bombshell"?
They launched the shell, which exploded in the air.
We collected a shell from the beach for our hermit crab.
She had to shell 100 peas.
After the shock, he was a shell of the person he had once been.
Which form of the verb best completes the sentence?
I wish I _________ anywhere but here.
is
am
were
were not
