Poetry Assessment

Green and speckled legs, Hop on logs and lily pads Splash in cool water. The poem above is an example of a _____________.

This fourteen-lined form of poetry made popular by William Shakespeare ends in a couplet. UNAWARE by Kaitlyn Guenther Isolation quickly overwhelms me Begging for forgiveness, a fallen hand Desolation I now begin to see Hanging by a thin thread, a single strand I watch them… Their fears, their misbehaviour Mistreat, abuse…. Completely unaware I am the land, their glorious saviour Someday they will learn to treat me with care I wish they would learn to trust each other To join as one, to stand strong together A bond, a band and a mighty brother Forever as one, a powerful tether You may not know, that fear is their captor So you may not see each special factor

Unicycle, unicycle, radiant and round. Spying you, you spoke to me without a single sound. Unicycle, unicycle, beautiful and kind, like the petals on a flower wheeling through my mind. Unicycle, unicycle, you're my one desire. Losing you would break my heart. Of you I'll never tire. Unicycle, unicycle always by my side. That's, of course, because you are impossible to ride. --Kenn Nesbitt This poem, praising a unicycle is an example of a/an ________________.