Dibawah ini yaitu referensi soal puisi Bahasa Inggris yang akan memperdalam pemahaman kalian perihal puisi Bahasa Ingggris. Sebelumnya kita sudah membahas perihal majas dalam puisi, rhyme atau sajak, dan beberapa referensi puisi dalam Bahasa Inggris.
Poem 1
Around the Year
In January the year just begins.
In February there’s a Valentine for everyone.
In March the winds can blow and blow.
In April spring comes and there’s no more snow.
In May the air is fresh and clean.
In June the grass is long and green.
In July the sun is high in the sky.
In August hot winds go blowing by.
In September we children go to school.
In October Halloween fun is the rule.
In November we have a day of Thanksgiving.
In December there’s holiday fun in giving.
After reading the poem, answer these questions.
- How many cultural events are there in the poem?
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. No one
2. What season is mentioned?
a. spring
b.autumn
c. Summer
c. Winter
3. How is the air in May?
a. cold and dirty
b. fresh and clean
c. fresh and cold
d. cold and clean
4. How is the grass in June?
a. Long and green
b. Long and thick
c. Green and short
d. Green and thick
5. How is the sun in July?
a. Hot
b. High
c. Bright
d. Low
6. How would you feel in August?
a. I felt the hot wind
b. I felt the cool air
c. I felt bright sun
d. I felt windy season
7. What season do you think it is?
a. Autumn
b. Spring
c. Winter
d. Summer
- Why do you have ‘holiday fun in giving’ in December?
a.Because there is Christmas eve
b. Because we want to establish charity
c. Because we need to give somebody
d. Because there is poor people to help
- Which countries do you think experience those events?
a. Indonesia
b. Malaysia
c. United States
d. Singapore
Baca juga:
- contoh kalimat gerund
- kosakata sinonim dalam Bahasa Inggris
- contoh kata sifat yang menggambarkan tokoh, tempat, dan suasana
Poem 2
Birthday Boy
Vachel Lindsay
When I was one
It was so much fun.
When I was two
The world was new.
Then I turned quickly
Into a boy of three.
One year more
And I was four.
Now I’m happy to say
I’m a year older today.
And soon you’ll see
Another birthday party for me
Do you know
How old I’ll be?
- What is Poem 2 about?
a. It is about birthday party of boy
b. It is about happy boy
c. It is about numeral
d. It is about new world
11. How old is the boy now?
a. Four years old
b. Five years old
c. Six years old
d. Seven years old
12. How old will the boy be?
a. He will be six
b. He will be five
c. He will be four
d. He will be seven
13. Mention two sequences lines which have rhyme!
a. Line 1 and 2
b. Line 2 and 3
c. Line 4 and 5
d. Line 13 and 14
Poem 3
The Little Turtle
Vachel Lindsay
There was a little turtle.
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
And he didn’t catch me.
- What is Poem 3 about?
a. It is about climbing rocks
b. It is about mosquito
c. It is about a boy
d. It is about little turtle
15. What could the turtle do?
a. Catch the rocks
b. Catch mosquitos
c. Catch me
d. Catch plankton
16. What couldn’t the turtle do?
a. Catch me
b. Live in a box
c. Snap mosquitos
d. Snap a flea
Poem 4
Sea
Leonard Clark
Over the hill
First sight of the sea
Lying sunlit and still
Just waiting for me.
I race from the land
In the clear morning light
To rock pool and sand,
Shells whiter than white.
Birds ride the sky,
The wispy clouds there
Soft floating, and I
Am walking on air.
- Who wrote the poem?
a. Me
b. Anonymous
c. Leonard Clark
d. I did
18. Find the words that rhyme in second stanza of the poem.
a. Hill=still, sea=me
b. Hill=sea, still=me
c. Land=sand, light=white
d. Sky=I, there=air
19. What did the writer tell you with his poem?
a. View of sea
b. View of mountain
c. View of pool and sand
d. View of sky
20. What is waiting for the writer?
a. A hill
b. A sunlit sea
c. Rock pool and sand
d. Birds
Jawaban dan Pembahasan
- Jawaban untuk no. 1 yaitu C. Ada tiga program budaya yang disebutkan dalam puisi di atas yaitu Valentine’s day, Halloween, dan Thanksgiving
- Jawaban untuk no. 2 yaitu A, alasannya yaitu disebutkan pada baris ke 4 In April spring comes and there’s no more snow.
- Jawaban untuk no. 3 yaitu B, karena disebutkan dalam puisi “In May the air is fresh and clean”
- Jawaban untuk no. 4 yaitu A. Dalam puisi 1 telah disebutkan “In June the grass is long and green.
- Jawaban untuk no. 5 yaitu B, yaitu high. In July the sun is high in the sky.
- Jawaban untuk no. 6 yaitu A. I felt the hot wind, alasannya yaitu di baris 8 disebutkan “In August hot winds go blowing by.”
- Jawaban no. 7 yaitu D, summer, alasannya yaitu disebutkan ada angin panas “hot wind”
- Jawaban no. 8 yaitu A; because there is a Christmas eve, alasannya yaitu di program Natal selalu ada acara beramal(giving) dan juga libur (holiday)
- Jawaban no. 9 yaitu D. United States alasannya yaitu 4 ekspresi dominan hanya ada di negara Eropa, Amerika, sebagian Asia sedangkan ke 3 pilihan lain yaitu di Asia Tenggara yang tidak dapat ditemukan ke empat ekspresi dominan itu.
- Jawaban no. 10 yaitu A perihal “a birthday of boy” seperti pada judul yang tertera dan umur yang disebutkan dalam puisi tersebut.
- Jawaban no. 11 yaitu B; Five years old, karena sebelumnya disebutkan umur 4 tahun dan kini lebih tua.
And I was four.
Now I’m happy to say
I’m a year older today.
- Jawaban no 12 yaitu A. He will be six, karena sebelumnya disebutkan beliau berumur 4 tahun kemudian lebih bau tanah ketika ini, dan akan lebih bau tanah lagi nanti. Sehingga daptdisimpulkan beliau akan berumur 6 tahun.
- Jawaban untuk no. 13 yaitu A. Line 1 dan 2. Rhyme atau rima atau sajak yaitu akhiran suara yang sama di tamat baris. Pada baris 1 dan 2 berakhiran kata one dan fun, dua kata ini memiliki rima yang sama.
- Jawaban untuk no 14 yaitu D. It tells about little turtle. Isi dongeng puisi sudah disebutkan di judul puisi.
- Jawaban untuk no 15 yaitu B. Catch mosquitos karena sudah disebutkan di puisi pada barus ke 9 “He caught mosquitos”
- Jawaban no.16 yaitu A. Catch me. Kura-kura disebutkan dalam puisi hanya dapat menggigitku (snapped me) tidak menangkapku (catch me).
- Jawaban no. 17 yaitu C, Leonard Clark. Sudah dituliskan di bawah judul puisi.
- Jawaban no. 18 yaitu C, Land=sand, light=white, sajak atau rima atau rhyme yaitu yang memiliki tamat suara yang sama pada tamat baris. Pada stanza 2 (bait ke 2) land berima sama dengan sand, dan light berima sama dengan white.
- Jawaban no. 19 yaitu A, view of sea. Seperti yang disebutkan pada judul puisi dan pada baris kedua.
- Jawaban no. 20 yaitu B, a sunlit sea. Pada puisi tersebut balasan ini ditemukan pada baris ketiga dan keempat.
Lying sunlit and still
Just waiting for me.
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