Comparing Poetry

My Little Girl by Samuel PeckAnd

Sleepyheads by Carl Sandburg

Answer the following questions using “My Little Girl”

Which characteristic, shared by most lyric poetry, does the poem demonstrate?

A. A rhyme schemeB. A refrainC. AlliterationD. First Person Perspective

The poem’s first person point of view is unusual in that the narrator…

A. Talks about unearthly creatures such as Pixies and angels.

B. uses the personal pronouns “I” and “my” throughout the poem.

C. appears to know what the girl is dreaming about.D. commonly uses third-person pronouns such as

“she”.

What is one of the primary themes of this poem?

A. The uses of the imagination.

B. The innocence of childhood.

C. The power of art.D. The importance of family.

Use “Sleepyheads” to answer

the following questions.What is one of the main themes of

“Sleepyheads”?A. Different creatures share important

similaritiesB. Dreams are superior to real life.C. Sleep is necessary for good health.D. We must protect and care for the young.

Although “Sleepyheads” is not an ode, it shares one

characteristic them. What is this characteristic?

• A. The length of the lines.

• B. the formal tone of the

language.• C. the irregular rhyme scheme.

• D. the focus on a single

abstract idea.

Use both of the poems to answer the following questions.

• Which of these correctly describes an important between the poems?

• A. “My Little Girl” refers to the dreams of a sleeper, while “Sleepyheads” does not mention dreams.

• B. “My Little Girl” addresses a sleeper directly, while “Sleepyheads” talks about sleepers but not address them.

• C. “My Little Girl” discusses both pleasant and scary dreams, while “Sleepyheads” discusses only pleasant dreams.

• • D. “My Little Girl” ends with the sleeper waking up, while “Sleepyheads” ends with the sleepers

continuing to sleep.

“My Little Girl” and “Sleepyheads” share a similarity in that…

• A. both use metaphors• B. both refer to many types of

sleepers• C. both personify sleep.• D. both describe mythic creatures.

Both poets wrote these poems most likely to …

• A. warn the reader about the dangers of falling asleep at the wrong time

• B. inform the reader about the benefits of getting enough sleep

• C. illustrate for the reader the similarities between sleep and death

• D. explore the idea of sleep in a way that would interest the reader