Selected Poems
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Guide: Some Things to Look For...
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Online
Assessment
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| Kids
Who Are Different |
rhyme, alliteration,
metaphor |
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| The
Road Not Taken |
hidden meaning,
alliteration, rhyme, imagery |
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| Stopping
by Woods on a Snowy Evening |
alliteration,
rhyme, imagery |
Yes |
| A
Misspelled Tail |
humor, rhyme,
homonym troubles |
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| Dreams |
metaphor |
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| Smile |
cause and effect,
rhyme |
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| Metaphor
Poem |
lots of metaphors |
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| When
I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer |
alliteration,
message |
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| Growing |
meaning |
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| Paint
Brush |
meaning |
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| Starlight |
memory poem |
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| Jabberwocky |
neat sounding
words, rhyme |
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| Identity |
simile, metaphor,
imagery |
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| Somebody
Should Have Taught Him |
rhyme, surprise
ending, message |
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| The
Tyger |
rhyme, famous
poet, ode |
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| Your
World |
extended metaphor,
rhyme |
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| Today |
free verse, meaning |
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| Advice
to a Girl |
simile, meaning |
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| A
Drowsy Day |
rhyme, rhythm |
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| Count
That Day Lost |
rhyme, positive
meaning |
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| Restless |
rhyme, rhythm,
alliteration, simile, metaphor |
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| Mother
to Son |
free verse, extended
metaphor, colloquial language |
Yes |
| Definition |
metaphor |
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| As
I Grew Older |
metaphor, vivid
imagery |
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| The
Charge of the Light Brigade |
historical context,
rhyme |
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| Night |
extended metaphor |
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| The Quarrel |
rhyme, rhythm,
humor |
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| Some
People |
message |
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| I
Won't be Left Behind |
rhyme, message |
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| Annabel
Lee |
classic, rhythm,
rhyme |
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| If |
rhythm, rhyme,
message |
Yes |
| The
Wreck of the Hesperus |
narrative, rhythm,
rhyme |
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| Willow
and Ginko |
simile |
Yes |
| I
Ask My Mother to Sing |
simile, tone |
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| April
Rain Song |
personification,
free verse |
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| Arithmetickle |
rhyme, humor |
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| Freedom |
simile, free verse |
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| When
I Grow Up |
rhyme, rhythm |
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| Metaphor |
metaphor |
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| Paul
Revere's Ride |
rhythm, rhyme,
narrative(story), alliteration, onomatopoeia |
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| Fog |
personification |
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| Leopard |
alliteration,
imagery |
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| Jazz
Fantasia |
onomatopoeia,
alliteration |
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| Most
Players Don't Go Pro |
simile, meaning |
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| We
Start with Early Morning |
shape, line breaks |
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| The
Base Stealer |
alliteration,
simile, onomatopoeia |
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| The
Courage That My Mother Had |
rhyme, simile,
meaning |
Yes |
| Wynken,
Blynken, and Nod |
rhythm, rhyme |
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| Two
to Nothing |
2 kinds of rhyme,
alliteration, |
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| Life Doesn't Frighten Me |
rhyme, message |
Yes |
