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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