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Francis’ Canossian College

F.5 Poems and Songs
Poetic Devices and Poetic Language Quiz

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A. Matching (12 marks)
Match the word to the correct definition. Write the letter in the space
provided.

Word Definition
1. literal 1. k a. the giving of an inanimate object
human qualities or actions
2. rhythm 2. f b. the repetition of the same vowel
sound in words that are close to each
other
3. figurative 3. h c. a type of imagery in which two
things are compared using the words
“as” or “like”
4. imagery 4. g d. the use of a person, place or object
to represent something else
5. onomatopoeia 5. i e. the repetition of a sound at the
beginning of words that are close to
each other.
6. simile 6. c f. the measured flow of words and
phrases in verse or prose as
determined by the relation of long and
short or stressed and unstressed
syllables.
7. alliteration 7. e g. a word or group of words that
appeals to one or more of the five
senses or creates an image in the
reader’s mind
8. metaphor 8. j h. a word or expression used in a non-
literal sense to add colour to writing
9. personification 9. a i. the use of words that sound like the
noise they represent
10. assonance 10. b j. a type of imagery that is used to
refer to compare two different things
with some similar qualities
11. symbolism 11. d k. the exact meaning of words
12. end rhyme 12. l l. the repetition of the same or similar
sounds that occurs at the end of lines

B. Usage (5 marks)

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Read the following excerpts from poems. Write in the space provided
which device or type of language is being used. One has been done for
you as an example.
Poem Excerpt Poetic Device / Poetic
Language
“…Then leaf subsides to leaf a. personification
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.”

“Ah Sun-flower! weary of time, 1. personification /

Who countest the steps of the Sun: symbolism
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveler’s journey is done.”

“The wind was a torrent of darkness among the 2. metaphor

gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon
cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the
purple moor…”
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I 3. alliteration
pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of
forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there
came a tapping…”
The waves are racing 4. onomatopoeia
Towards the shore
Booming crashing…more more more!
The sand is crunching beneath my feet
Boom crash crunch crunch
I march to the beat
Sandcastles toppling
Umbrellas whisking by
Storm clouds brewing…
“Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, 5. simile
Too rude too boisterous and it pricks like
thorn.”

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C. Poem Analysis (13 marks)
Read the following poem by William Wordsworth. Refer to the glossary
of terms if you need to. Answer the questions on the poem.

I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud

I WANDERED lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, 5
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay: 10
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay, 15
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood, 20
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Questions:

1. The narrator compares the arrangement of the daffodils to stars

in the milky way. (1 mark)
2. From what viewpoint does the poet observe nature? (1 mark)
The poet observes nature from the viewpoint of a cloud.
3. What is the rhyme scheme? (1 mark)
ABABCC

4. State TWO poetic devices Wordsworth used in the poem and

quote one example each. (4 marks) State clearly the stanza and
line the quotes are found.
Alliteration – Ten thousand…, tossing their heads,,,

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 Assonance – The repetition of the “o” sound is evident in “A
host, of golden daffodils”

Simile- The poet has used simile in the title of the poem “I
wandered lonely as a cloud” and in the second stanza
“Continuous as the stars that shine”.

Personification – Daffodils are animated as dancing and

further personified as “tossing their heads”, as shown in the
lines:
“Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced”

Metaphor –The metaphors of an inward eye can be found in

the poem. The inward eye is compared to the poet’s mind.

Hyperbole –They stretched in never-ending line / Along the

margin of a bay:/ Ten thousand saw I at a glance

5. In your opinion, which words best describe the poet’s feelings

about nature? (List two.) (2 marks)
gay, jocund

6. Do you like this poem? Why/ Why not? Explain your answer in 50
words. (4 marks)
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Bonus Question:

Name your favourite poet and one of his /her work.

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