LA 8 Module 5 week 17

What is the occasion for this poem? Select all that apply.

Christmas Eve, A time of remembrance of Christ's birth

Which of the following is NOT important when you are reading poetry?

Map out the plot line with the rising action, climax, and falling action.

A stanza containing four lines is a...

quatrain

Which word best describes Rossetti's tone in the first stanza?

thought-provoking

What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza of "Christmas Eve"? Write it below. Use capital letters (A, B, etc.) and pay attention to details! Your answer should have one letter for each of the 8 lines of the stanza.

ABABCDED

The same word breaks the rhyming pattern in both stanzas. What is this word? Consider why Rossetti might break the pattern of the rhyme scheme in order to draw attention to this word!

Jesus

Match each example with the correct poetic device: "The waters saw you, God, the waters saw you and writhed."

Personification

The following lines are examples of which poetic element? Earth, strike up your music... Earth, put on your whitest bridal robe...

Personification

Match each example with the correct poetic device: "Jesus took bread gave it to his disciples, saying, 'Take and eat; this is my body.'"

Symbol

Which poetic element is on display in the underlined words from Exodus 15 below? Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying, "I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation."

alliteration

Which word best describes Rossetti's tone in the second stanza?

celebratory

Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of poetry?

contains a topic sentence

A pair (2) of rhyming lines is....

couplet

A short, pointed message that is placed on a gravestone to commemorate someone who has died is....

epitaph

Which type of language is used in the bold words below, literal or figurative? Christmas hath a darkness Brighter than the blazing noon, Christmas hath a chillness Warmer than the heat of June, Christmas hath a beauty Lovelier than the world can show:

figurative

A poem from Japan with seventeen syllables: five, seven, and five.

haiku

Match each example with the correct poetic device: "The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic."

imagery

A short, silly poem, with 5 lines and an AABBA rhyme scheme is...

limerick

A ballad, or a poem that tells a story, is also known as...

narrative poem

Which poetic device in on display by the words in bold in the first stanza of "What Does the Donkey Bray About" below? What does the donkey bray about?What does the pig grunt through his snout?What does the goose mean by a hiss?Oh, Nurse, if you can tell me this,I'll give you such a kiss.

onomatopoeia

Which of the following elements does poetry NOT contain?

paragraphs

Which poetic element is evident in the words in bold below? In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, long ago.

personification

Which poetic element is on display in the words in bold below? Christmas hath a darkness Brighter than the blazing noon, Christmas hath a chillness Warmer than the heat of June, Christmas hath a beauty Lovelier than the world can show....

repetition

Look back at the first stanza in Christina Rossetti's "Bleak Midwinter." The bold words provide an example of which two poetic devices? In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, long ago.

repetition, alliteration

Match each example with the correct poetic device: "The day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night."

simile

A 14-line poem made up of 3 quatrains and 1 couplet is....

sonnet