2. P oetry E lements A Review Jacob M. Lightbody © 2012

3. Directions: Read the poetry samples that are presented on each slide in order to identify which element of poetry is being highlighted.

4. A.) AlliterationB.) PersonificationC.) Simile D.) MetaphorE.) RhymeF.) Onomatopoeia Q 1: Which element of poetry has been highlighted in the text? He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. -from “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost

5. Sorry, it looks like you’ve made a mistake. Go back. Go forward.

6. You’ve hit the bulls-eye! Go forward.

7. Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater - Traditional Peter Peter pumpkin eater, Had a wife and couldn't keep her! He put her in a pumpkin shell, And there he kept her very well! A.) AlliterationB.) PersonificationC.) Simile D.) MetaphorE.) RhymeF.) Onomatopoeia Q 2: Which element of poetry has been highlighted in the text? When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, - from Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare

8. Sorry, it looks like you’ve made a mistake. Go back. Go forward.

9. You’ve hit the bulls-eye! Go forward.

10. A.) AlliterationB.) PersonificationC.) Simile D.) MetaphorE.) RhymeF.) Onomatopoeia Q 3: Which element of poetry has been highlighted in the text? When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, - from Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare

11. Sorry, it looks like you’ve made a mistake. Go back. Go forward.

12. You’ve hit the bulls-eye! Go forward.

13. You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away -from “You Are My Sunshine” (song) by Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell A.) AlliterationB.) PersonificationC.) Simile D.) MetaphorE.) RhymeF.) Onomatopoeia Q 4: Which element of poetry has been highlighted in the text?

14. Sorry, it looks like you’ve made a mistake. Go back. Go forward.

15. You’ve hit the bulls-eye! Go forward.

16. They are rattling breakfast plates in basement kitchens… -from “Morning at the Window” by T.S. Elliot A.) AlliterationB.) PersonificationC.) Simile D.) MetaphorE.) Rhyme Q 5: Which element of poetry has been highlighted in the text? F.) Onomatopoeia

17. Sorry, it looks like you’ve made a mistake. Go back. Go forward.

18. You’ve hit the bulls-eye! Go forward.

19. A.) AlliterationB.) PersonificationC.) Simile D.) MetaphorF.) Onomatopoeia Q 6: Which element of poetry has been highlighted in the text? When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, - from Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare All vanishes! The Sun, from topmost heaven precipitated, Like a globe of iron which is tossed back fiery red Into the furnace stirred to fume - from “The Sun” by Victor Hugo E.) Rhyme

20. Sorry, it looks like you’ve made a mistake. Go back. Go forward.

21. You’ve hit the bulls-eye! Go forward.

22. A.) AlliterationB.) PersonificationC.) Simile D.) MetaphorE.) RhymeF.) Onomatopoeia Q 7: Which element of poetry has been highlighted in the text? When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, - from Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare O my Luve's like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June; O my Luve's like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune. -from “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns

23. Sorry, it looks like you’ve made a mistake. Go back. Go forward.

24. You’ve hit the bulls-eye! Go forward.

25. Hey Diddle, Diddle -Traditional Hey diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon, The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon. - A.) AlliterationB.) PersonificationC.) Simile D.) MetaphorE.) RhymeF.) Onomatopoeia Q 8: Which element of poetry has been highlighted in the text? When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, - from Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare

26. Sorry, it looks like you’ve made a mistake. Go back. Go forward.

27. You’ve hit the bulls-eye! Go forward.

28. No man is an island, Entire of itself; Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. -from Meditation XVII by John Donne A.) AlliterationB.) PersonificationC.) Simile D.) MetaphorE.) RhymeF.) Onomatopoeia Q 9: Which element of poetry has been highlighted in the text? When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, - from Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare

29. Sorry, it looks like you’ve made a mistake. Go back. Go forward.

30. You’ve hit the bulls-eye! Go forward.

31. Peter Piper -Traditional If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, How many pecks of pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? A.) AlliterationB.) PersonificationC.) Simile D.) MetaphorE.) RhymeF.) Onomatopoeia Q 10: Which element of poetry has been highlighted in the text? When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, - from Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare

32. Sorry, it looks like you’ve made a mistake. Go back. Go forward.

33. You’ve hit the bulls-eye! Go forward.

34. The End