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The Red Wheelbarrow
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.
--William Carlos Williams
1.
How many complete sentences do you find in this poem?
2. Underline the subject once and the verbs twice in each complete sentence.
3. List the all of the adjectives in this poem. (Exclude article adjectives).
4. List all of the prepositional phrases in this poem. Write them below. Underline the preposition
once and the object of the preposition twice.
5. Are these sentence(s) simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? How do you know?
6. Which words did Williams divide that are usually written as one word? (Hint: there are two of
them).
7. Do you think he did this on purpose? Why or why not?
8. Look at this poem. What is the STANZA STRUCTURE of this poem?
9. How many stanzas does this poem have?
10. Write out this poem as a sentence(s) using correct punctuation and capitalization.
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11. How does it change the feeling of the poem if you write it as a sentence? Is it as effective?
Explain in detail.
12. What type of poetry is this?
13. List two words that you might use to describe the mood of the poem.
14. List two words that you might use to describe the tone of the poem.
15. Illustrate the poem below:
16. Which literary element do you think plays the strongest role in this poem? Explain what it is,
and why it is important. Use examples from the poem to support your answer.
17. Do you hear a voice in this poem? What kind of voice is it? Is the speaker young /old,
male/female? Be specific and describe the voice that YOU hear.
18. If you were to set this poem to music, what type of music would you pick, and why?
19. If you were to create a video about this poem, what would it be like? Describe the setting to
include day, night, dusk, dawn, time of year, etc. Be as specific as possible.
20. Close your eyes and visualize an image. Write a poem mimicking the style of The Red
Wheelbarrow (William Carlos Williams) below.
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This Is Just To Say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
--William Carlos Williams
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4.
What type of poem is this?
Paraphrase what is going on in this poem.
Find an example of alliteration in the poem and write it here:
What type of STANZA STRUCTURE does this poem have?
5. What do you think the relationship between the speaker and the "you" in the poem is?
6. What is the effect of the description of how delicious the plums were?
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I Cry
Written by: Tupac Shakur
Sometimes when I'm alone
I Cry,
Cause I am on my own.
The tears I cry are bitter and warm.
They flow with life but take no form
I Cry because my heart is torn.
I find it difficult to carry on.
If I had an ear to confide in,
I would cry among my treasured friend,
but who do you know that stops that long,
to help another carry on.
The world moves fast and it would rather pass by.
Then to stop and see what makes one cry,
so painful and sad.
And sometimes...
I Cry
and no one cares about why.
1.
Give an example of assonance in this poem. Write the LINE here, and underline the example of
assonance.
2. Label the rhyme scheme of this poem. Do it and the end of each line of the poem.
3. Give an example of internal rhyme in this poem. Write the LINE that you have found it in, and
underline the internal rhyme.
4. Find one example of slant rhyme. Label it in the poem by CIRCLING it.
5. Paraphrase what is going on in this poem below:
6. What type of poetry is this? Explain with examples from the poem to support what type you
think it is.