The Academic Arab College for Education
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INTRODUCTION TO POETRY EXAMINATION
A (4) AND A (14) / SEMESTER A 2014
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Part One:
A. Match the following poetic terms and figure of speech with the sentences that follow:
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Connotative words give the literal meaning of words but denotative words give the implied associations of the word _______________
3. 'Syntax ' refers to the order of the lines of the poem. ____________
4. The subject matter of the poem refers to its theme. _____________
5. Time and place are called the 'setting ' of the poem. ____________
6. The theme of the poem refers to the events of the poem. ________
7. The "ballad ' and the 'Sonnet" are closed forms of poetry ________
8. The tone of the poem expresses the attitude of the reader towards the poem ____________________
9. The persona of the poem is the person that the poet talks about. _________________
10. The mood of the poem is created by the words the poet uses. ___________________
11. Each stanza in any poem should have at least two lines. ______
12. A stanza that consists of 6 lines is called a sestet _________
13. Free verse must have a rhyme scheme. ________________
14. A narrative poem is a poem that tells a story. _______________
15. The iambic pentameter consists of five unstressed/ stressed syllables. ____________________
16. A foot in the line of poetry consists of two stresses. ________
17. The rhyme of the poem must have the same sound/ letter. _____
18. Petrarch 's sonnets consist of two parts: Octet and Sestet. _____
19. Shakespeare 's sonnet consists of 4 quatrains _____________
20. "Tactile"
Discuss how your investigation of the generic conventions of poetry has influenced your understanding of at least one poem that you have studied in this unit.
Another one of the most important aspects of a great poem, is it’s form. The author’s
into the poem. The section of the poem that will be analyzed is the final ten lines (25-34). The
the poem. Not only does the choice of diction determine the tone, but also the order in which
2) Denotation- is the basic definition or dictionary meaning of a word. The connotation of a word is its emotional content.
The tone of this poem is established by the way the lines seem flat and void of emotion. The
Before translations and devices, readers should first acknowledge the structure of the poem. In structure there are 8 different topics: speaker, setting, occasion, tone, rhyme, meter, number of lines and stanzas, and language of the poem. In the “Ballad of
Maze (p.26-27) - This is important because it is where the Gladers live. Denotative - a network of paths and hedges designed as a puzzle through which one has to find a way. Connotative - The home of the Gladers, the place they need to escape.
has lots of tone. Tone is the attitude of a poem but not only just the attitude but also the
d. Through his use of imagery devices throughout the poem, the author’s main message that
List at least three examples of imagery in the text that add to the overall tone. Explain how each description contributes to the emotional power of the piece.
Having a persona in a poem, allows the writer to relay what they want to say through a characters actions or thoughts. The use of a persona is quite strong in each of the three texts. In Australia the persona,
1. The poem is written in iambic pentameter with an abab cdcd efef gg rhyming scheme.
5. The falling action of the poem is when the speaker does not die and decides that since the