Poetry Workbook Years 7-8Pascal Press, 2005 - 129 pages |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
What is in this book? | 2 |
Words and effects | 4 |
A glossary of terms about poetry | 5 |
So much depends by Bronwyn Munro and This End Poem is not going to Happen by Angus OBrien | 8 |
The Memory by Felicity McCormack | 16 |
Leaving by Ezequiel Muns | 24 |
The Tale of Custard the Dragon by Ogden Nash | 31 |
Storming the Desert by John Tomlin | 54 |
To Margo by Gavin Ewart | 60 |
Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson | 66 |
She dwelt among the untrodden ways by William Wordsworth | 72 |
How do I love thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning | 79 |
jaded Olympic moments by Samuel Wagan Watson | 86 |
letting go by Louise Wakeling | 94 |
The Sound of the Sea by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 102 |
Clancy of The Overflow by AB Banjo Paterson | 38 |
The Past by Oodgeroo Noonuccal Kath Walker | 46 |
Suggested answers | 108 |
Common terms and phrases
Aboriginal Angus O'Brien answers might contain assess the qualities beautiful Belinda blanks bombs Bronwyn Munro chapter Choose the correct Choose the opposites Circle the correct Clancy connect each word correct answer correct word critic We want describe drawing lines Edwin Arlington Robinson Elizabeth Barrett Browning feeling Felicity McCormack following ideas following words mean Gavin Ewart grandfather Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ideas Good answers imagery images intelligence and judgement jaded least twice lifestyle love thee Lucy main themes Margot meanings by reading metaphor octave Ogden Nash onomatopoeia Oodgeroo Oodgeroo Noonuccal persona poem at least poet poet's tools Poetic techniques poetry poor points Punctuation read critically read the poem reader Richard Cory Samuel Wagan Watson sestet smart sonnet sound stanza Start-up questions Choose statements are true structure suggests symbolise tells Themes and ideas things tools a Explain true or false True/False untrodden William Wordsworth Words the poet's Write a poem