WorksheetsPoetry Analysis: Rhyme Scheme and Figurative Language
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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1.
Read this poem by Robert Frost: 'Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both / And be one traveler, long I stood / And looked down one as far as I could.' What is the rhyme scheme of these four lines?
a)
AABA
b)
AABB
c)
ABBA
d)
ABAB
2.
In the same Robert Frost poem, what does the 'yellow wood' most likely symbolize?
a)
A dangerous place
b)
The poet's childhood home
c)
Autumn or a time of change
d)
A magical forest
3.
Read this excerpt from Maya Angelou: 'The caged bird sings / with a fearful trill / of things unknown / but longed for still.' What type of figurative language is 'caged bird'?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
4.
In Emily Dickinson's line 'Because I could not stop for Death, / He kindly stopped for me,' what literary device is being used?
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
5.
Read this poem: 'Roses are red, / Violets are blue, / Sugar is sweet, / And so are you.' What is the rhyme scheme?
a)
ABCB
b)
ABAB
c)
AABB
d)
AAAA
6.
In Langston Hughes' line 'Life for me ain't been no crystal stair,' what type of figurative language is used?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
7.
Read this stanza: 'The wind whispered secrets / Through the dancing trees / While shadows played games / In the evening breeze.' What is the rhyme scheme?
a)
ABAB
b)
AAAA
c)
ABCB
d)
AABB
8.
In the line 'The wind whispered secrets,' what literary device is being used?
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
9.
Read this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe: 'Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.' What sound device is most prominent?
a)
Assonance
b)
Rhyme
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration
10.
In Shakespeare's line 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' what type of figurative language is being set up?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Simile
11.
Read this poem: 'The cat sat on the mat / And looked quite fat / It wore a hat / And caught a rat.' What is the rhyme scheme?
a)
AAAA
b)
ABBA
c)
ABAB
d)
AABB
12.
In Carl Sandburg's line 'The fog comes on little cat feet,' what two things are being compared?
a)
Fog and feet
b)
Little and fog
c)
Cats and fog
d)
Feet and cats
13.
Read this stanza: 'Twinkle, twinkle, little star / How I wonder what you are / Up above the world so high / Like a diamond in the sky.' What is the rhyme scheme?
a)
ABCB
b)
AAAA
c)
AABB
d)
ABAB
14.
In the line 'Like a diamond in the sky,' what type of figurative language is used?
a)
Personification
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
15.
Read this line from William Blake: 'Tiger, tiger, burning bright / In the forests of the night.' What does 'burning bright' most likely represent?
a)
The forest is burning
b)
The tiger is on fire
c)
The tiger is angry
d)
The tiger's fierce, glowing appearance
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