Focus on Poetry Genre Vocabulary Name Words About a Poem Read the first stanza of a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Then use words from the box to complete the statements about it. The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary; The vine still clings to the moldering wall. But at every gust the dead leaves fall. And the day is dark and dreary. Vocabulary figurative language lines repetition rhyme rhythm sensory language 1. There are five in this stanza. 2. The poet uses when he compares the wind to a person who is "never weary." 3. The beats of syllables suggest a heavy, sad, plodding H. The poet uses by making the last line almost the same as the first line. 5. The poet ends the first pair of lines and the second pair of lines with 6. Words such as clings, gust, cold, dark, and moldering help readers see, touch, and even smell the scene. The words sbre examples of 4 Theme 1: Focus on Poetry 93
Name Focus on Poetry Graphic Organizer Literary Devices in Poetry Litepopy Devices In Poetpy Device Poem Title Examples Sensory Language: words that describe how things look, smell, feel, taste, and sound Example: tiny pawprints in the wet sand Figurative Language: imaginative comparisons between unlike things Examples: a voice as calm as moonlight (simile); icicles were dripping fangs (metaphor); breezes danced playfiilly (personification) Rhyme: similar end sounds Examples: friend/end; pale/detail Repetition: repeated use of words, phrases, or lines Example: A happy bird/am I, am I. Theme 1: Focus on Poetry
Name Focus on Poetry Comprehension Check Describing Poetry Complete each statement about the poem indicated. I. In the poem "Child Rest," the poet tells about An example of sensory language in the poem is 2. In "Poem," the poet uses repetition when he says The poet may have decided to use repetition because 3. In the poem "The People, Yes," the poet tells about An example of figurative language is Theme 1: Focus on Poetry
Name Comparing Poems Literature Discussion mm Choose two poems from this section. Compare and contrast them by answering the questions in the chart. Add questions of your own to the chart too. Poem # i Tide: Poem #2 Title: What is the poet's main point? What words in the poem help you imagine and feel? Does the poem remind you of something from your own life? Explain. What is the mood or tone? Which poem did you like more? Why? Theme 1: Focus on Poetry
Focus on Poetry Name Comprehension Skill Understanding Poetry What Makes a Good Poem? Reread the poem "Oranges" on pages 126-127. Fill In the blanks below to complete a summary of the story that the poem tells. The narrator is a twelve-year-old boy who describes a time in December when he goes on his meets her at her house, they both walk to a with a girl. After he He brings her to the and tells her to pick what she wants. She picks a chocolate that costs a and he has only a The boy then places the nickel and an orange from his pocket on the counter. Fortunately, the saleslady understands that the boy wants to the girl but doesn't have the After that, the boy and the girl walk Answer these questions. Inciude quotations from the poem. Sample answers given below. Try to use names of literary devices too. I. How does the poet make the time of year come alive? 2. How does the poet show the narrator's feelings about the girl? i 3. What is a particularly vivid image in the poem? Theme 1: Focus on Poetry 97
Focus on Poetry Name Structural Analysis Prefixes and Suffixes Prefixes and Suffixes The words in the box hove the prefixes re- and un- and the suffixes -less, -ful, and -ly. Find the word that matches each ciue. Write it in the ietter spaces. I I i reunited completely priceless unknown unawore fearfully carelessly breathless plentiful retelling 1. in a total way: 2. without taking in air: 3. not seeing or feeling something: 4. explaining again: 5. like a treasure: 6. more than enough: 7. together again: 8. not at all bravely: 9. not famihar: 10. in a sloppy way: _ Write the boxed letters in order on the spaces below to complete the quotation. ) An ancient Greek once wrote, "Painting is silent poetry, and poetry painting < 1 5 98 Theme 1: Focus on Poetry 8