Learning Check: Poetic Structure and Elements

Poetic Structure and Elements - Learning Check! Fill in the table with the correct definitions. Poet Who wrote the poem Speaker The narrator of the poem Line One single group of words in a poem Stanza A group of lines arranged together (like a paragraph) Poetic Structure and Elements Fill in the table with the correct definitions. Rhyme Words that sound alike because they share the same ending sound metaphor a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things without the use of the words like or as imagery descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. Sound devices Used to emphasize words or ideas that are important to the meaning of the poem, such as alliteration and assonance. Read the Road Not Taken and answer the questions below. 1 Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,2 And sorry I could not travel both3 And be one traveler, long I stood4 And looked down one as far as I could5 To where it bent in the undergrowth;6 Then took the other, as just as fair,7 And having perhaps the better claim,8 Because it was grassy and wanted wear;9 Though as for that the passing there10 Had worn them really about the same,11 And both that morning equally lay12 In leaves no step had trodden black.13 Oh, I kept the first for another day!14 Yet knowing how way leads on to way,15 I doubted if I should ever come back.16 I shall be telling this with a sigh17 Somewhere ages and ages hence:18 Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—19 I took the one less traveled by,20 And that has made all the difference. Typically, poems rhyme at the... beginning of each line end of each line middle of each line beginning at each stanza Which lines from the poem rhyme in the stanza below?11 And both that morning equally lay12 In leaves no step had trodden black.13 Oh, I kept the first for another day!14 Yet knowing how way leads on to way,15 I doubted if I should ever come back. Lines 1 1 and 1 2 Lines 14 and 15 Lines 11 , 13 and 14 Lines 13 and 12 Which lines are displaying the element of alliteration? "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—" "Because it was grassy and wanted wear;" "And sorry I could not travel both" "Had worn them really about the same," The poem "The Road Not Taken" is a metaphor between roads and ... life forest leaves coming back to the road 5. Read lines 4 and 5 from the poem.4 And looked down one as far as I could5 To where it bent in the undergrowth;From these lines, which poetic element is best being used? imagery rhyme alliteration metaphor How many stanzas are there in this poem? 2 20 5 4 How many total lines does this poem have? 4 20 15 5