My River Poems
comprehension question
1. Who is the speaker in the poem? Is it the poet or a created persona?
The poem is spoken by Banjo Paterson.
2. What do you think is the theme, or broad idea, of the poem? Why?
The idea of this poem is speak all about what roses smell and look like .
3. Does the poem have a setting? If it does, what is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the setting.
The poem doesnt really have a setting... ,,...,TF...
4. Does the poem feature a character? If it does, who is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the character.
One character is the speaker "I am the happiest man on earth".
5. Make a list of three lines from the poem that feature verbs. Explain what is happening in each of these lines.
"sitting alone in fading light", " only an old man, worn and grey", "and a ball room belle that superbly poses".
6. Describe some of the images shown in the poem.
Some images shown in the poem are all the different types of colours of roses.
7. What do you think the poem is about? What do you think the poet's attitude towards the topic is? Why?
I think the poem is about someone speaking about all the many types of roses.
The poem is spoken by Banjo Paterson.
2. What do you think is the theme, or broad idea, of the poem? Why?
The idea of this poem is speak all about what roses smell and look like .
3. Does the poem have a setting? If it does, what is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the setting.
The poem doesnt really have a setting... ,,...,TF...
4. Does the poem feature a character? If it does, who is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the character.
One character is the speaker "I am the happiest man on earth".
5. Make a list of three lines from the poem that feature verbs. Explain what is happening in each of these lines.
"sitting alone in fading light", " only an old man, worn and grey", "and a ball room belle that superbly poses".
6. Describe some of the images shown in the poem.
Some images shown in the poem are all the different types of colours of roses.
7. What do you think the poem is about? What do you think the poet's attitude towards the topic is? Why?
I think the poem is about someone speaking about all the many types of roses.
Roses ruddy and roses white,
What are the joys that my heart discloses? Sitting alone in the fading light Memories come to me here to-night With the wonderful scent of the big red roses. Memories come as the daylight fades Down on the hearth where the firelight dozes; Flicker and flutter the lights and shades, And I see the face of a queen of maids Whose memory comes with the scent of roses. Visions arise of a scene of mirth, And a ball-room belle that superbly poses A queenly woman of queenly worth, And I am the happiest man on earth With a single flower from a bunch of roses. Only her memory lives to-night God in His wisdom her young life closes; Over her grave may the turf be light, Cover her coffin with roses white She was always fond of the big white roses. Such are the visions that fade away Man proposes and God disposes; Look in the glass and I see to-day Only an old man, worn and grey, Bending his head to a bunch of roses. by Banjo Paterson |
comprehension questions
1. Who is the speaker in the poem? Is it the poet or a created persona?
The poem is spoken by Gwen Harwood
2. What do you think is the theme, or broad idea, of the poem? Why?
The idea of the poem is to show his pain from losing someone he loves
3. Does the poem have a setting? If it does, what is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the setting.
N.A
4. Does the poem feature a character? If it does, who is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the character.
N.A
5. Make a list of three lines from the poem that feature verbs. Explain what is happening in each of these lines.
"starlings to wintry trees, and turn", "in the fresh babbling rush of spring", " echoed through all the whispering"
6. Describe some of the images shown in the poem.
a rushing spring, wintery trees, fading lights
7. What do you think the poem is about? What do you think the poet's attitude towards the topic is? Why?
the poem is about someone grieving, the attitude might be he's writing about his feelings, he may have just lost someone he loved
The poem is spoken by Gwen Harwood
2. What do you think is the theme, or broad idea, of the poem? Why?
The idea of the poem is to show his pain from losing someone he loves
3. Does the poem have a setting? If it does, what is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the setting.
N.A
4. Does the poem feature a character? If it does, who is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the character.
N.A
5. Make a list of three lines from the poem that feature verbs. Explain what is happening in each of these lines.
"starlings to wintry trees, and turn", "in the fresh babbling rush of spring", " echoed through all the whispering"
6. Describe some of the images shown in the poem.
a rushing spring, wintery trees, fading lights
7. What do you think the poem is about? What do you think the poet's attitude towards the topic is? Why?
the poem is about someone grieving, the attitude might be he's writing about his feelings, he may have just lost someone he loved
So the light falls, and so it fell
on branched leaved with flocking birds. loght stole a cities weight to swell the coloured lofe of stone. your words hung weightless in my ear: Remember me. All words exept those words were drowned in the fresh babbling rush of spring. in summer's dream-filled light one sound echoed through all the whispering galleries of green: Remember me. Rods of light point home the flocking starlings to wintery trees, and turn stone into golden ochre, locking the orbit of my pain. i learn the weight of light and stone. Remember me By Gwen Harwood |
Let Go Comprehesion Questions
1. Who is the speaker in the poem? Is it the poet or a created persona?
The speaker is Jack Davis
2. What do you think is the theme, or broad idea, of the poem? Why?
The idea of the poem is to show how he feels
3. Does the poem have a setting? If it does, what is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the setting.
The setting is what he wants to do (imagination)
4. Does the poem feature a characters? If it does, who is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the character.
The character is an imagination
5. Make a list of three lines from the poem that feature verbs. Explain what is happening in each of these lines.
"Soar like a bird", "The sands of time are trickling before me", "The approaching storm"
6. Describe some of the images shown in the poem.
An approaching storm, A sea of words, A soaring bird.
7. What do you think the poem is about? What do you think the poet's attitude towards the topic is? Why?
His attitude is to say/show what he wants to do in his near future.
The speaker is Jack Davis
2. What do you think is the theme, or broad idea, of the poem? Why?
The idea of the poem is to show how he feels
3. Does the poem have a setting? If it does, what is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the setting.
The setting is what he wants to do (imagination)
4. Does the poem feature a characters? If it does, who is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the character.
The character is an imagination
5. Make a list of three lines from the poem that feature verbs. Explain what is happening in each of these lines.
"Soar like a bird", "The sands of time are trickling before me", "The approaching storm"
6. Describe some of the images shown in the poem.
An approaching storm, A sea of words, A soaring bird.
7. What do you think the poem is about? What do you think the poet's attitude towards the topic is? Why?
His attitude is to say/show what he wants to do in his near future.
Shakespearean Sonnet 27
Comprehension questions
1. Find and write the definitions for five words from the sonnet that you don't know.
Lo - look or see zealous - being eager to do something pilgrimage - a very long journey thee - the adjective of thou beauteous - to be beautiful
2. What does Shakespeare mean when he says, "Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed..."?
he has been working alot and he is tired
3. After he goes to bed, he says "then begins a journey in my head, to work my mind", and that his thoughts "intend a zealous pilgrimmage". What does he mean by this?
he is probably dreaming about himself going on a long journey
4. What language technique is used in the following quote? "...my soul's imaginary sight presents thy shadow... like a jewel hung in ghastly night..."
this language technique is in metaphor and simile
Lo - look or see zealous - being eager to do something pilgrimage - a very long journey thee - the adjective of thou beauteous - to be beautiful
2. What does Shakespeare mean when he says, "Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed..."?
he has been working alot and he is tired
3. After he goes to bed, he says "then begins a journey in my head, to work my mind", and that his thoughts "intend a zealous pilgrimmage". What does he mean by this?
he is probably dreaming about himself going on a long journey
4. What language technique is used in the following quote? "...my soul's imaginary sight presents thy shadow... like a jewel hung in ghastly night..."
this language technique is in metaphor and simile