Poetry Test

 

Name: _______________________                         Date: _____________________

 

Define the following terms and give an example of each.

 

  1. Metaphor

 

  1. Simile

 

  1. Theme

 

Short Answer.  The following questions (4-6) should be answered within a paragraph’s length.

 

  1. List and Describe three (3) of the six (6) proper procedures for reading poetry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. How does poetry differ from prose?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Does poetry still play a role in today’s society?  Explain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. For the following poem identify 1 theme, 1 metaphor, and summarize the plot.  Afterwards, write at least 1 paragraph explaining what you thought of the poem.

 

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips' red;

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,

But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

That music hath a far more pleasing sound;

I grant I never saw a goddess go;

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

As any she belied with false compare.