Tyger! Tyger! Burning Bright

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FORMS OF POETRY

Two major forms of poetry are lyric poetryandnarrative poetry. Lyric poetryexpresses a vivid impression of an object, person, or moment in time. Lyric poems usually contain musical qualities. “The Tyger” byWilliam
Blake isan exampleofa lyric poem:

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

A narrative poemtells a story.Like a shortstory, anarrative poem has asetting,characters, plot, and conflict.These lines from “AnnabelLee” byEdgar Allan Poeare anexample of a narrative poem:

It was many and many a year ago,

In a kingdom by the sea,

That a maiden there lived whom you may know.

By the name of Annabel Lee;

And this maiden she lived with no other thought

Than to love and be loved by me.

DIRECTIONS:Read thepoem excerptsbelow. Then, answerthequestions that follow.

Listen,my children,andyoushallhearOf themidnightrideof PaulRevere. . .

. . . .Hesaidtohisfriend,“If theBritishmarchBy landorseafromthetownto-night

Hangalanternaloftinthebelfry-arch

Of theNorth-Churchtower asasignal-light,—

—from“PaulRevere’sRide”by HenryWadsworthLongfellow

I willariseandgonow, andgotoInnisfree,

Andasmallcabinbuildthere,of clay andwattles made;

NinebeanrowswillI havethere, ahiveforthehoney-bee;

Andlivealoneinthebee-loudglade.

—from“TheLakeIsleofInnisfree” byWilliam ButlerYeats

1.Which poem tells a story?

2.What is the subject of the lyrical poem?

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FORMS OF POETRY

A.Directions:Read the two excerptsbelow. Then, answerthequestions that follow.

Excerpt #1

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now

Is hung with bloom along the bough,

And stands about the woodland ride

Wearing white for Eastertide.

—from “Loveliest of trees, the cherry now” by A. E. Housman

Excerpt #2

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door—

—from “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe

1.Which excerpt is the beginning of a narrative poem?

2.What is the subject of the lyrical poem?

A.DIRECTIONS:Read the two excerptsbelow. Then, answerthequestions that follow.

Excerpt#1

Iwanderedlonelyasacloud

Thatfloatsonhigho'ervalesandhills,WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,

Ahost,ofgoldendaffodils;

Besidethelake,beneaththetrees,Flutteringanddancinginthebreeze.

—from“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud,”byWilliamWordsworth

Excerpt#2

FormanyapettykingereArthurcameRuledinthisisle,andeverwagingwarEachuponother,wastedalltheland;

Andstillfrom timetotimetheheathenhostSwarmedoverseas,andharriedwhatwasleft.Andsotheregrewgreattractsofwilderness,Whereinthebeastwasevermoreandmore,Butmanwaslessandless,tillArthurcame.

—from “IdyllsoftheKing,”byAlfred,LordTennyson

RETEACH

1.Based on this excerpt, what is the subject ofthe narrative poem?

2.What is the subject ofthe lyricalpoem?

3.Summarize the thoughtsandfeelings ofthespeakerin the lyrical poem.