Unseen Poetry e Book Sample Printable
Unseen Poetry e Book Sample Printable
These exercises are designed to allow students to practice analysing English poetry.
Similar type exercises can be found in the Secondary School curriculums of some Hong
Kong elite schools as well as schools all over the world.
★ General comprehension
★ Vocabulary
★ Metaphors/Similes/Personification etc
★ Imagery
★ Thinking skills
Alliteration
Words beginning with the same sound
Simile
Comparing one thing/person/animal to another using like or as
Metaphor
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Comparing one thing/person/animal to another without like or as
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Using one word to represent another word
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Her hair was silk.
Example
The snake curled around the mountain. (snake = river)
Alliteration
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Giving something that is not human or an animal the characteristics of a living thing
Onomatopoeia
Words that sound the same as the way they are spoken, suggesting the meaning
Imagery
Using words (especially using the 5 senses) to paint pictures in the reader’s mind
Exercise 1
Vocabulary Hint
O’er: over
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Down they came fluttering, one and all.
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Singing the soft little songs they knew.
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Dancing and whirling, the little leaves went,
! ! ! ! ! George Cooper
Elite English Drills Unseen Poems Secondary 1
Exercise 1 - questions
simile)
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What does the third line of the first stanza tell us about the season of the
year?
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What does the poet mean by “Singing the soft little songs they knew”?
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Why does the poet say the leaves are ‘fast asleep’?
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Elite English Drills Unseen Poems Secondary 1
Exercise 1 - answers
What does the third line of the first stanza tell us about the season of the
year?
It tells us that it is autumn. (The leaves are red and gold - the previous and
the next line are also clues)
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What does the poet mean by “Singing the soft little songs they knew”?
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The poet means they were making a rustling sound as they dropped from
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the trees in the wind. (accept any similar answer)
Why does the poet say the leaves are ‘fast asleep’?
The leaves are sleeping because they are lying on the floor/dead.
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