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Unit 5 Poems
Assessing Your Progress & Project
Assessing Your Progress
Learning objectives
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. check and consolidate what you have learnt in this unit when it comes to
vocabulary, such as amateur, recite, and respective;
2. check and consolidate what you have learnt in this unit when it comes to
grammar, like the relative clauses;
3. have a better understanding of poetry;
4. improve your ability of self-evaluation and reflection.
Complete the passage using the correct forms of the words in the box.
amateur era format recite respective rhyme sow version
Poetry probably had its origins in traditional folk music tens of thousands of years ago. In that ____, there were no TVs or films, and writing had not been invented, so people would sit around the fire at night and sing songs to entertain themselves. These songs reflected themes from the people’s daily lives, such as hunting animals or _______ crops. Since nothing was written down, over the years different _______ of these songs developed, and each area would have its own __________ rhythm. In addition to this, people would ______ stories of past heroes. As these stories were often quite long, they often had ______ and rhythm to help people remember them more easily. While in the beginning such songs and stories had a very simple __________, over time they became more complicated and more polished. These were no longer the works of _________ sitting around a fire, but works of true poets who cared about their art and who sometimes made a living from it.
era
sowing
versions
respective
recite
rhyme
format
amateurs
Free verse is an open form of poetry that does not follow any rules. It has no regular metre or rhythm, which means the poet has complete control over their creation.
Langston Hughes was a famous African-American poet whose poems mainly tell the story of black people in America, including their joys and pain. Dream Varia