Reading Comprehension #14017

Practice Exercise 15 C

Narrative Poetry

  1. Answer the questions.

    1. The rhyme scheme for this poem is irregular. Mark the rhyme for the following excerpt from the poem.

      ____   The whole drive was jammed
      ____   In that bend at the Cedars,
      ____   The rapids were dammed
      ____   With the logs tight rammed
      ____   And crammed; you might know
      ____   The Devil had clinched them below.


    2. Describe the setting for the poem.

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    3. Name the literary device used in this quote.     ____________________________

      “Up darted a log from the bottom,
      Leaped thirty feet square and fair,”

    4. Name the literary device used in this quote.     ____________________________

      “He went up like a block.”
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