Year 7
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Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will analyse the structure of Donne's 'Death, be not Proud' and explore what the structure tells us about Donne's ideas.
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7 Questions
Q1.
Donne writes the poem to ...
God
His dead wife
His friends
Q2.
Death is presented as ...
Evil
Powerful and terrifying
Stupid
Q3.
What do 'thee' and 'thou' mean?
me
We
your
Q4.
Death is compared to...
A dark night
A summer's day
Poppys and charms
Q5.
Death is described as ...
A short sleep
Clever
Mighty and dreadful
Q6.
The eternal afterlife means ...
When you are reborn in a different form
When you die you go to Heaven or Hell
When you live more than 100 years
Q7.
A key idea in the poem is ...
Death is a bully
Death is happiest when he is asleep
Death poisons people
5 Questions
Q1.
What is a rhyme scheme?
It is known as iambic pentameter
The beat of the poem
Words with the same end sound
Q2.
What is iambic pentameter?
A type of poem
A verse in a poem
Five pairs of stressed syllables
Q3.
What is structure in a poem?
The ending of the poem
The layers of the poem
The outside of the poem
Q4.
Which of these describes a sonnet?
12 lines, one stanza and a rhyming couplet
16 lines, two stanzas and a specific rhyme scheme
18 lines, three stanza and a rhyming couplet
Q5.
Why might a poet break the sonnet rules?
By mistake
To be funny
To make readers think more