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DO at your own pace April 29th (Poetry)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the tone of the poem "Ode to The Only Black Kid in the Class" by Clint Smith?

a)

Joyful

b)

Whimsical

c)

Anxious

d)

Frustrated

2.

The poem "Rain" by Raymond Carver has 3:

a)

Forms

b)

Stanzas

c)

Rhymes

d)

Meters

3.

What is the mood of the poem "Funeral Blues" by WH Auden?

a)

Uplifting

b)

Mournful

c)

Festive

d)

Satirical

4.

What type of figurative language is used in the last 3 lines of the poem "Tired" by Langston Hughes?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Alliteration

5.

What is NOT the mood of the poem "Annabelle Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe?

a)

Melancholic

b)

Romantic

c)

Nostalgic

d)

Indifferent

6.

What poetic devices are central to the poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Repetition

d)

Metaphor

7.

What is the mood of the poem "Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep" (authorship disputed)?

a)

Mournful

b)

Hopeful

c)

Hopeless

d)

Resigned

8.

The poem "Allowables" by Nikki Giovanni is about:

a)

The value of all life

b)

Social justice

9.

The poem "I Loved The World So I Married It" by José Olivarez is written in 2-line stanzas called:

a)

Couplets

b)

Quatrains

c)

Haikus

d)

Sonnets

10.

What is the tone of the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou?

a)

Submissive

b)

Defiant

c)

Exuberant

d)

Sassy