Page 146 - 100 Best Loved Poems - Teaching Unit
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“A Red, Red Rose”
by Robert Burns, page 28
Vocabulary
[none]
1. The poem’s first line is an example of what?
2. Identify a hyperbole in the second stanza.
3. Why has the speaker written this poem?
“Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1802”
by William Wordsworth, page 29
Vocabulary
[none]
1. What is the rhyme and meter of this poem? What form of poetry do these schemes reveal the
poem to be in?
2. Find and record an example of personification from this poem.
3. What does the speaker compare to a garment? Who/What is wearing it?
4. How would you describe the author’s feelings toward the city? Cite evidence from the poem to
support your answer.
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