Poetry Scavenger Hunt
1. Read “Acquainted with the Night” and write an example of alliteration.
http://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/acquainted-with-the-night.htm
2. Read “Predictable” and write two examples of similes.
http://www.poetryteachers.com/poetclass/lessons/teachsimiles.html
3. Read “Metaphor for a Family” and write two examples of a metaphor used to describe her family.
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/poetry/literary-techniques/5453.html
4. Read “Road Not Taken” and write an example of personification.
http://poetrypages.lemon8.nl/life/roadnottaken/roadnottaken.htm
5. Read “Camping” and write all the examples of onomatopoeia.
http://www.mywordwizard.com/onomatopoeia-poems.html
6. Read “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” and write the words that rhyme.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171621
7. Read one of the four poems and write which poem you read and one example of a hyperbole.
http://www.mywordwizard.com/poems-with-hyperbole.html
8. Read “Common Cold” and write down two examples of a couplet.
http://www.poemhunter.com/i/ebooks/pdf/ogden_nash_2004_9.pdf
9. Read “I Believe” and write down the example of anaphora. Write down the rhyme scheme.
http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/i_believe___anaphora_638897
10. Read “The Raven” and write down the words that create internal rhyme within the first stanza.
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/raven
11. Read “The Eagle” and write down the example of consonance.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174589
12. Read “Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face” and write down the theme of the poem.
http://100.best-poems.net/be-glad-your-nose-your-face.html
13. Read one of the four sonnets, and write which one you read, one example of a poetic technique (be
sure to write the technique as well as the example from the sonnet), and the theme of the sonnet.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173988