Discovering Meaning in Poetry: Tutorial 10
Tiles
rhyme scheme
meter
Imagery
structure
symbolism
theme
Pairs
the arrangement of a poem into lines and stanzas
the central idea of a poem
a pattern in which the last syllables of words repeat
and sound alike
the use of descriptive words to stimulate any of the five
senses in the reader
a word or idea with a meaning that goes beyond the
literal level

Which prediction does this passage best support? the seven commandments will become a new religion. o snowball will fall off the ladder and injure himself. o the animals will not see the commandments on the wall. the pigs will eventually change the seven commandments.

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.

How do you think the political and social strife of england influenced jonathan swift ? how were these problems connected to reason