Ballad of the Harp Weaver worksheet

Directions: Answer each question with a complete sentence. Incorporate part of the question into the answer. Best answers use lines from the poem as support.

1. List the number of lines in each stanza. (i.e. 4,4,5…) By doing this the reader will see a pattern that the poet uses in the stanzas, thereby hinting at important ideas imbedded within the stanzas.

2. List the prevailing rhyme scheme of the quatrains.

3. List the prevailing rhyme scheme of the quintets.

4. Who is being quoted in this ballad?

5. In stanza five there is foreshadowing as to where the boy might get a jacket. From whom?

6. Where is the father of this poor family?

7. What is the feeling generated by this poem?