Poetry practice test

Poetry Practice Test
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Poetry Practice Test
Questions are similar to what you can expect on the test

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Poetry test: 
Part 1 - knowledge of terms
  • Definitions
  • PIF-style assignment
  • Recognition / identification
Part 2 - analysis of unseen poem
  • Interpretation of poem using all the tools discussed in class
  • Links between different elements in the poem


Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Run-on lines; lines that do not end with natural pauzes
A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered unpleasant or embarrassing.
when successive lines begin with the same wordsText
Euphemism
Anaphora
Enjambment
Pentameter

Slide 3 - Sleepvraag

Name the feature:
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.

Slide 4 - Open vraag

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,

Slide 5 - Open vraag

Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

Slide 6 - Open vraag

Analysis of a poem:
Have a look at 'Futility' by Wilfred Owen

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Does the poem have a rhyme scheme?
A
Yes
B
No
C
I don't know
D
No rhyme or reason

Slide 9 - Quizvraag

Rhyme (or not)
The poem almost rhymes, but no distinct rhyme scheme

Lines almost rhyme: 
'sun' - 'sown', 'once' - 'France', etc.

This can be linked to the Message and Theme of the poem

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Does the poem have a regular meter?
A
Yes
B
No
C
I don't know
D
A regular meter is 100cm

Slide 11 - Quizvraag

Look at the syllables:
The number of syllables in each line increases and decreases.

This gives the poem a distinct rhythm.

What does this rhythm remind you of?

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

Give me an example of Personification from the poem:

Slide 13 - Open vraag

Which of the lines are enjambed?

Slide 14 - Open vraag

Imagery?
First stanza?
Second stanza?

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

First stanza:
Set on the battlefield during winter, a soldier is dying (or dead already) as the sun rises over the battlefield. 

There is some hope that the soldier might respond to the warmth of the ‘encouraging’ Sun (personification).

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

Second stanza?
Allusion to creation myths (idea that humans were created from God molding clay and the Sun giving the life). 

Creates doubt / questioning tone about the reasons for life: ‘was it for this the clay grew tall?’ (rhetorical question). 

The last two lines seem to suggest that all the work the Sun has done is pointless (futile, fatuous - connotation). 

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

Structure & Imagery?
Structure adds to imagery: 
The ‘shorter’ lines and half-rhyme work with the image of the died soldier, dead before his time

The suggestion that war isn’t natural for humans (half-rhyme).

Slide 18 - Tekstslide

Theme & Message?

Slide 19 - Tekstslide

What do you think the poem is about?

Slide 20 - Open vraag

Theme & Message?
The pointlessness of war
Idea that war is not what man was made for

Slide 21 - Tekstslide

Tone, mood, atmosphere
What sort of emotional response is the poem trying to create in the reader?
Use adjectives to describe the emotion!

Slide 22 - Tekstslide

Tone, mood, and atmosphere?

Slide 23 - Open vraag

Tone, mood, atmosphere
Bleak, questioning, doubtful
Maybe even frustration depending how you interpret the final two lines

Slide 24 - Tekstslide