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Poetry Analysis Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What word does the speaker use to emphasize the important characteristics of a poem?

a)

able

b)

first

c)

like

d)

must

2.

What is the rhyme scheme of lines 5 and 6?

a)

AA

b)

CC

c)

BB

d)

DD

3.

What does the line, "First, a poem must be magical" mean?

a)

A poem should be concise.

b)

A poem should be pleasant to the ear.

c)

A poem must be enlightening and mysterious.

d)

A poem should arouse curiosity and catch the attention of the reader.

4.

Which of the following words is NOT a dactylic pattern?

a)

smiling

b)

luminance

c)

musical

d)

flowering

5.

When the seagulls are near the ocean, they create a soothing and harmonious sound; so, should the poems too, pertaining to its _________________.

a)

mood

b)

rhyme scheme

c)

diction

d)

meter

6.

Which line implies that a poem must use connotations to conceal meaning or messages that readers would have to seek out for themselves?

a)

1 and 2

b)

3 and 4

c)

11 and 12

d)

13 and 14

7.

Which word from the poem rhymes with the word moving?

a)

flowering

b)

bride

c)

magical

d)

cover

8.

What is the meter of the poem?

a)

iambic trimeter

b)

iambic tetrameter

c)

iambic dimeter

d)

iambic pentameter

9.

What does the word luminance in line 10 mean?

a)

darkness

b)

numerous

c)

abundance

d)

brightness

10.

What type of rhyme scheme is observed in the poem?

a)

coupled

b)

monorhyme

c)

alternate

d)

enclosed

11.

What does the word hover in line 10 mean?

a)

sink

b)

plunge

c)

float

d)

dive

12.

Which word from the poem rhymes with the word deer?

a)

rose

b)

well

c)

hear

d)

sea-gull

13.

The poet compares the poem to ALL these things EXCEPT the ____________.

a)

music

b)

pride

c)

magic

d)

bell

14.

What figure of speech is used in line 3?

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

15.

Based on the title of the poem, what is its general mood?

a)

realistic

b)

idealistic

c)

sorrowful

d)

optimistic

16.

What figure of speech is used in line 8?

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

17.

What is referred to the word it in line 3?

a)

birds

b)

rose

c)

sea-gull

d)

poem

18.

What is the tone of the poem?

a)

serious

b)

angry

c)

humorous

d)

witty

19.

What is the opposite word of slender in line 5?

a)

graceful

b)

thin

c)

fat

d)

skinny

20.

Which word has a trochaic pattern?

a)

wisdom

b)

flowering

c)

magical

d)

musical