Year 8
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will think about why it is important to study poetry. We will also examine some of the basics of language, form and structure which will be useful in poetry analysis.
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5 Questions
Q1.
Which of these is NOT a form of poetry?
Epic
Lyric
Sonnet
Q2.
How many lines does a sonnet have?
12
16
18
Q3.
'The clouds drifted along the horizon' is an example of:
A metaphor
A simile
Rhyme
Q4.
True or false? When thinking about the structure of a poem, we should think about the beginning, the ending and the changes.
False
Q5.
What type of poem will usually have a narrator and characters?
Ballads
Epic poetry
Sonnets