Poetry Unit Review
Complete the following review: You will be able to use this review on your test but you will not be able to use any other notes.

1. Give an original example of each of the following (Rhythm, Repetition, Alliteration, Assonance, Onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, symbol, imagery, couplet, meter, Rhyme scheme, stanza). Use Lesson 2 to refresh your memory if needed.
Rythym: A= 5 syllables, B= 3 Syllables, C= 4 Syllables.
Repetition: oh goodness, goodness goodness.
Alliteration: she sells seashells.
Assonance: the fox had a box.
Onomatopoeia: the dog went bark.
Simile: your beautiful like a summers day.
Metaphor: your voive is my cement.
Personification: the wind howls.
Hyperbole: my ring is the size of a mountain.
Symbol: a wedding ring symbolizes marriage.
Imagery: the red drops of blood oozed from her finger and plopped to the floor.
Couplet: maria is a grinch; but her heart has grown an inch.
Meter: tis not the wonder I behold.
Rhyme scheme:(ABAB) She is shy—she won’t say hello—she is shy—she won’t say goodbye.
Stanza: verses of a poem.
2. Explain how you use each of these steps to analyze a poem. Use lesson 4 to refresh your memory if needed.
1. Preview (Listen to the song during this step) : you give your impression of the poem, and what you first think of the poem.
2. Initial Response: this will help you put your thoughts down on paper, of what you think of the poetry.
3. Visualize: this will help you get the image of what is happening and help you visualize the poem, which will help you understand it better.
4. Clarify: when you look for words that you do not understand, and you define them to better understand the poem.
5. Look for poetry devices: you look for a simile, metaphor, imagery, personification, etc.
6. Find the theme and create a summary: finding the theme is important because it helps you get a deeper meaning of the poem, and again, helps you better understand it.
3. What is theme? Theme is the main idea of the poem, or story. Theme could be something like ships, heritage, love, hate, etc.
3. What type of poem is used in lesson 7? What defines a free verse poem? A free verse poem is what is used in lesson 7. A free verse poem is a poem with no rythym, rhyme, or measure.
EXAMPLE: When the poem has at last
been brought to birth,
I rest, or stand, as both proud parents do,
blessed by the loving bed;

but I love too, the memory
of what brought being to this poem:
the seeming insignificant events of the day,
that neighboured with some memory;
that chimed with books half read;
which joined half-thoughts together like new-stringed white pearls,

and then spoke in some wordless tongue
and mental paintings without form
somewhere in mind;

and behind it all
the briefest flashes of the workings of the world…
and wonder; awe.

Michael Shepherd
4. What is a narrative poem? What is an extended metaphor? A narrative poem is a poem with a plot, and an extended metaphor is
EXAMPLE OF EXTENDED METAPHOR: Charlie is a bomb.
He is waiting to explode.
The bomb is full of anger;
he has a short fuse.
He may go off at any time.
EXAMPLE OF NARRATIVE POEM:
Playing doctors with lollipop sticks
Making arrows out of sticks
Swimming baths and long picnics
Hide and Seek and Kick the Can
Hunts and Meetings oh how we ran!
Dashing through fields, playing war games
Running through schemes, having pretend names
Making our way through the 'jungle' to the Palm Beach
Playing at school, it was a fight who would teach!
The days of my childhood seem like a dream ....
Dark winter's morning, going to school
Steaming coats, lighted classrooms, playing the fool
Delving into the world of books
Catty comments on children's looks
Fights in the playground, getting the strap
Getting student teachers into a flap!
Cuts, scrapes, bumps and bruises
have a good cry
No wasted effort on a sigh
The days of my childhood seem like a dream ....
It seems like the sun always shone
The days of my childhood seem like a dream.