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Grammar Practice Past

Past simple and past continuous, by lovinglondon
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I wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I wandered lonely as a cloud                                                          Stanza I         

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine                                                 Stanza II

And twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they                                    Stanza III

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company:

I gazed—and gazed—but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie                                                    Stanza IV

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils. 

POETIC TERMS

POETIC TERMS                 

Check your answers     

                                                                      

a. A figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another. METAPHOR

b. A lyric poem that is fourteen lines long SONNET

c. A pair of lines that are the same length and rhyme and form a complete thought COUPLET

d. The repetition of the same consonant sounds, mainly at the beginning of words ALLITERATION

e. A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven and five syllables HAIKU

f. The use of pictures, figures of speech and description to evoke ideas, feelings, actions,  etc. IMAGERY

g. a figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds ONOMATOPOEIA

h. The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words RHYME 

  

i. A figure of speech in which two things are compared using the word “ like” or “as” SIMILE

j. Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem STANZA

k. The regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements RHYTHM

Where the Sidewalk Ends: Sick

Sick
"I cannot go to school today," Said little Peggy Ann McKay. "I have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash and purple bumps. My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, I'm going blind in my right eye. My tonsils are as big as rocks, I've counted sixteen chicken pox And there's one more--that's seventeen, And don't you think my face looks green? My leg is cut--my eyes are blue-- It might be instamatic flu. I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke, I'm sure that my left leg is broke-- My hip hurts when I move my chin, My belly button's caving in, My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained, My 'pendix pains each time it rains. My nose is cold, my toes are numb. I have a sliver in my thumb. My neck is stiff, my voice is weak, I hardly whisper when I speak. My tongue is filling up my mouth, I think my hair is falling out. My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight, My temperature is one-o-eight. My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear, There is a hole inside my ear. I have a hangnail, and my heart is--what? What's that? What's that you say? You say today is. . .Saturday? G'bye, I'm going out to play!"
By Shel Silverstein

How sick I am!