Invictus - William Ernest Henley
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Lesson duration is: 45 minItems in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
Slide 2 - Video
What is the metre?
A
iambic pentameter
B
iambic tetrameter
C
trochaic tetrameter
D
free verse
Slide 3 - Quiz
What is the rhyme scheme?
A
rhyming couplets; AABB
B
alternating rhyme; ABAB
C
enclosed rhyme; ABBA
D
free verse
Slide 4 - Quiz
Give examples of alliteration.
Slide 5 - Open question
Give an example of a simile (=comparison with as or like).
Slide 6 - Open question
Give an example of a metaphor and explain it.
Slide 7 - Open question
Give an example of consonance.
Slide 8 - Open question
Give an example of personification.
Slide 9 - Open question
What is the POV?
A
1st person, poet's perspective
B
2nd person, you are addressed
C
3rd person, poet's perspective
D
3rd person, omniscient
Slide 10 - Quiz
What is the theme of this poem?
Slide 11 - Open question
Look at lines 3-4 and 15-16. Is this a religious poem? Why (not)?
Slide 12 - Open question
Look at lines 13-14 again: these lines are an allusion to the Bible. What does the poet want to say?
Slide 13 - Open question
What do you think of this poem?
boring
