Unit 1: The Song of Wandering Aengus/Eldorado

Question 1

Poetry

Answer 1

-includes imagery that appeals to the senses
-includes sound devices such as rhyme, alliteration, assonance, consonance, and repetition
-creates a mood
-expresses a theme, or a message about life

Question 2

Rhyme

Answer 2

is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words. Words rhyme when their accented vowels and the letters that follow them create identical or similar sounds.

Question 3

Rhyme scheme

Answer 3

is a pattern of end rhymes in a poem. A rhyme scheme is noted by assigning a letter of the alphabet, starting with a, to each end rhyme, as in the example from the first stanza of “Eldorado.”

Question 4

Mood

Answer 4

The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates through descriptive words, imagery, and figurative language.

Question 4

Alliteration

Answer 4

repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words.

Question 5

Assonance

Answer 5

repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words.

Question 6

Consonance

Answer 6

repetition of consonant sounds within and at ends of words.

Question 7

Repitition (refrain)

Answer 7

restating the same words or phrases, or the same grammatical constructions.

Question 8

The two reasons why poets use rhyme.

Answer 8

to convey a poem’s meaning and mood.

Question 9

Why does the poet repeats the words “and”?

Answer 9

to emphasize the speaker’s actions and show a sense of continuity.

Question 10

What are the different meanings of the word “vision”?

Answer 10

Some meanings might include a memory, the future, and a person’s eyesight.

Question 11

How might a vision set a lifelong journey into motion?

Answer 11

It might cause someone to become determined to complete a goal or objective.

Question 12

How do the rhyme and sound devices help to create the mood?

Answer 12

It helps create the mood by showing the feelings that are incorporated with the poem.