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Answer the following questions on your paper using the links provided.
Poetry Scavenger Hunt
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2. How many lines are in a limerick? http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/limerick.htm
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3. Using the Academy of American Poets’ link, http://www.poets.org/, read a poem that was written by W.B Yeats. Give the name of the poem and tell what the poem is about.
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4. Use the Academy of American Poets’ link provided, http://www.poets.org to find the name of the first collection of poems published by Ogden Nash.
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5. What is an acrostic poem? http://www.teachnet-lab.org/miami/2003/sampedro/what_is_an_acrostic_poem.htm
Use www.yahooligans.com to locate an acrostic poem. What is the title?
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6. Explain the poetic device, Alliteration. http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/allitera.htm
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7. Use the World Book Online to answer the following question. What is the name of the Boston Woman rumored to be Mother Goose?_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Name two poems written by Edgar Allan Poe. http://www.pambytes.com/poe/poe.html________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. What well-known poet wrote The Jabberwocky? http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/________________________________________
10. Find a poetry book in the library that interest you. What is the name of the book? Why did you choose this title?____________________________________________________________________________
11. Name one poem each of the following authors from the Dead Poets Society have written. You may use library books, encyclopedias, or the web sites provided through our school library.
Walt Whitman _____________________________________________________
Henry David Thoreau________________________________________________
Arthur O’Shaughnessy_______________________________________________
W.E. Henley_______________________________________________________
Alfred (Lord) Tennyson________________________________________________
EE Cummings _______________________________________________________
Vachel Lindsay__________________________________________________
EXTRA CREDIT----
Write one poetry scavenger hunt question. List URL where the answer can be found. Exchange your question with a classmate. Use the links from here.
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/lesson2.htm
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