Questions on Introduction to Poetry

Attempt the following question after reading the article, Introduction to poetry.

1.According to the article, poetry is one of the three major types/forms of Literature. Which are the other two.           2Marks.

2.Why is defining poetry more clearly not easy, as explained in the article.2 marks

3. Novels and even short stories are divided using sentences and paragraphs. What is used to divide poems? 2 marks

4.In poetry, language is used in special way to create clear memorable impression. True/False.  1Marks

5.Poems communicate a lot of meaning in only a few words possible. True/False.    1 Marks

6.Which are the three types of poetry explained in this article. 3 Marks

7.At the end of each statement state which type of poem is the sentence referring to. 3 Marks

a) These poems tell a story.

b) They express the poet’s thoughts and feelings, have music like quality.

c) They tell story but the persona acts out.

8.Who is the persona as explained in the article. 2Marks

9.Give two other names that are used to mean the same as persona from the article. 2 Marks

10.What does the term message/theme imply as explained in the article. 2 Marks

11.What are the two types of themes do we have in Literature as explained in the article, Introduction to poetry. 2 marks.

12.What does the term subject matter refer to. 2 marks

13. Clearly give details to differentiate the terms form and content as explained in the article.2 marks

14.What does the term setting refer to as explained in the article. 2 Marks

15. Which two important key points helps readers to identify the setting in the work of literature they are reading. 2 marks

16.Who is ‘the you’ as explained in the article. 2 Marks.

17.Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. 

Taught Me Purple by Evelyn Hunt

My mother taught me purple

Although she never wore it.

Wash-gray was her circle,

The tenement her orbit.

Who is the persona in the poem above? Support your answer. 2 Marks

The above poem has four lines in its stanza. What is the name given to a poem with four lines? 1 Mark

Who is the poet of the poem, Taught me Purple? 1 Mark

Which word in the last line of the poem suggest the setting of the poem.1 mark

Answers to the Questions

1.Prose and Drama 2mks

2.It is because there is no single, unique characteristics that all the poems share. 2Marks

3.Lines and Stanzas 2Marks

4.True 1 mark

5. True 1 Mark

6.Narrative, Lyric and dramatic poetry 3 Marks

7.(i)Narrative Poetry

    (ii) Lyric Poetry

    (iii) Dramatic poetry               3 Marks

8.A persona is a voice or speaker one hears in the poem one is reading. 2 Marks

9.Speaker or Voice 2marks

10.Theme refers to the central or main idea that comes out from the work of art one is reading. 2 marks

11.Major theme and Minor theme 2 Marks

12. Subject matter refers to what the poem is talking about, it entails writing a summary of a poem. 2 marks

13. Form refers to the shape or outside appearance of the poem while Content refers to the message or subject matter of the poem. 2 marks

14. Setting refers to the place or time the events occur in the material they are reading. 2 marks

15.Time and place 2 marks

16.The You is the person listening to the poem.

17. (i)The persona is a child, in line one he/she says ‘my mother…’

       (ii) Quatrain

       (iii) Everlyn Hunt is the poet

        (iv) tenement suggest the place or house the mother was residing.