Questions: 1. Does this poem qualify as an idyll? Why or why not? 2.

What is connoted by the lines Mortal hopes and worldly desires Prance like a trance in the world of dreams? 3. What lines rhyme with each other? 4. If you were to paint this poem, how would you paint it? 5. What time of day is it in the poem? 6. What lines have the same meaning? 7. How many lines are there in the poem? 8. Does the poem have a proper rhyme scheme? 9. What line uses assonance? Write it down. 10. What figures of speech are used in the poem? Write the lines which contains them.

Death of a Royal Statue Death took away a noble monarch Who, beyond Life, gave everything he had. To ease his peoples pain. What have you done my Happy Prince? For what reason have you given away the ruby From thy swords hilt? Why did you not think twice before giving up your sapphire eyes? Why did you not leave us alone To die from hunger and cold? Than shed your raiment of gold leaf by leaf Distributed through out the city By your friend the swallow? Why did your leaden heart break to two when the swallow died by your feet? How cruel was Fate! How slow was Death to come! He suffered as his people suffered, He died when he lost his only friend. But now he is in paradise. With seraphims, singing praises and hymns. Together with his friend the swallow forevermore.

Questions: 1. How did the Happy Prince died? 2. What did the Happy Prince symbolize? 3. Why do you think he gave up his ruby? His sapphire eyes and gold? 4. What is represented by the leaden heart? 5. What kind of lyric poem is this? 6. What poetic device is used in line 7? 7. Does the poem follow a rhyme scheme? 8. Did the poem follow a specific meter? 9. What poetic devices were employed in the poem? 10. Cite a line that employs rhythm.

A Love Letter To Love You are the best thing that ever happened to me. Sweet sunshine that brings me so much glee. You make me happy, you make me gay. You make me feel special, without a word to say. I cant imagine life without you. A life without color, shade or hue. How boring it must be! Not seeing you in a day would make me blue. Youre my everything. The reason that I am breathing. Love, I love you. Be the soul of my very being.

Questions: 1. Who is the speaker of the poem? 2. To whom is the poem addressed? 3. How does the speaker feel toward the addressee? Support your answer. 4. What is the mood of the poem? 5. What is connoted by line 6? 6. Does the poem have a proper structure? 7. What figure of speech is used in line 9? 8. Does the poem follow a rhyme scheme? If so, what is it? 9. Does the poem employ a metric rule? 10. What kind of lyric poem is this?

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Middle Tranquil silence embraced me And the cool night air kissed my cheeks I gaze into the open My eyes saw not but a black void My hands gripped the edge And I hoist myself up An echo of the noise resonates from below The rushing light invites me to plummet down. I stand between the border Of Everything and Nothing. Two voices call me. One beckoning back, one saying Move on. Should I go back or move forward Should I give it a chance? Should I jump, or not?

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Questions: 1. What kind of situation is the speaker in? 2. What is the tone of the speaker? 3. What mood is set in the poem? 4. What is connoted by lines 9 and 10? 5. Where is the speaker in the poem? 6. What figure of speech is used all throughout the poem? 7. What lines appeal to the five senses? 8. What kind of lyric poem is this? 9. How many lines are there in the poem? 10. Does the poem have a proper structure?

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