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Poetry Test cloned 12/8/2020

Last updated about 5 years ago
23 questions
Read the poem below and answers questions 1-4

By the twenty-millionth day
Of indoor recess,
Kept in by the cold,
The rain,
The ice,
The snow,
The cold,
The rainy cold ice snow –
Even the teacher’s tattered cupboard of games looks tired of winter.

And I think,
That if there were just one nice day
That cupboard (if it could!)
would roll itself right down the hall
Out to the playground to play
1

The author probably used personification to show

1

Which line from the poem shows exaggeration

1

Which line from the poem shows an example of personification?

1

Who is the speaker of the poem?

Read the following poem and answers questions 9-12

I know all the answers
To all of the problems.

I am the best student
In the class.

I drink in the details
And know every book.

I don’t get a desk
I just swim and I swish…

If the teacher just knew
How much I’ve learned.
To get an A+ is my one true wish…

Too bad I’m the classroom
Fish.
1

Who is the speaker in this poem?

1

Which line from the poem shows personification?

1

What is the speaker's attitude toward school?

1

In the poem, what does the speaker really want?

Read the following poem and answers questions 13-15

Toadstools
Like tiny fairy houses
mushrooms pop up

after summer rains
orange and white and tan
and sometimes red

clustered together in
miniature villages
they appear overnight
then vanish

just like a fairy would
without a trace.
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In this poem, what are the mushrooms being compared to?

1

The author compares mushrooms to fairies to show that

1

The author compares mushrooms to "miniature villages" to show

Read the following poem and answers questions 16-18

To the Bread Found in the Darkest Corner of the Cupboard

You are a miniature world.
Your fuzzy mold like a tiny forest
Of multi-colored trees
Home to who knows what

An entire civilization
Inside a transparent wrapper

And,
Caught between amazement and disgust
I toss your secrets in the trash.
1

Which line in the poem contains a simile?

1

What is being compared in the following line
"You are a miniature world"

1

Why does the speaker compare the bread to a civilization?

Read the following poem and answers questions 19-22

Puddle Dreams
Even on the gray city street
The puddle reflects the sky:
blue, dreaming, clouds breaking
Like a doorway to another world.

And I half-think that if I jump in
I will fall through
and land in worlds beyond:
kingdoms of elves and unicorns

But when I jump
the sky mirror breaks
dirty water splashes
And I only
get
wet.
1

In the poem the puddle is being compared to

1

Which line from the poem contains a metaphor?

1

Overall, this poem is describing

1

Based on information in this poem, the speaker can be described as

Read the 2 poems below and answer questions 23 to 27

Winter by Walter de la Mare

Clouded with snow
The cold winds blow,
And shrill on leafless bough
The robin with its burning breast

5 Alone sings now.
The rayless sun,
Day's journey done,
Sheds its last ebbing' light
On fields in leagues of beauty spread
10 Unearthly white.

Thick draws the dark,
And spark by spark,
The frost-fires kindle, and soon
Over that sea of frozen foam
15 Floats the white moon.

'ebbing: fading
leagues: miles
kindle: begin to burn

Escape at Bedtime by Robert Louis Stevenson

The lights from the parlor and kitchen shone out
Through the blinds and the windows and bars;
And high over head and all moving about,
There were thousands of millions of stars.
5 There ne'er' were such thousands of leaves on a tree,
Nor of people in church or the Park,
As the crowds of the stars that looked down upon me,
And that glittered and winked in the dark.

The Dog, and the Plough, and the Hunter, and all,
And the star of the sailor, and Mars,
These shone in the sky, and the pail by the wall
Would be half full of water and stars.
10 They saw me at last, and they chased me with cries,
And they soon had me packed into bed;
15 But the glory kept shining and bright in my eyes,
And the stars going round in my head.

'ne'er: short for never
Plough: the British spelling of plow; also the British name for the constellation called the Big Dipper in the United States
1

Which statements are true about the first stanza of "Escape Bedtime"? Select 2 that apply

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Which lines from the "Escape Bedtime" explain the meaning of the title?

1

Which of the following decribes the pattern of rhyme in "Winter"?

The next 2 questions go together First answer question 26, then answer question 27
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What event is described in stanza 2 of "Winter"

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Which of the lines from the poem best explains your answer to question 26