Poetry Week 5

A stanza is like a paragraph in a poem. Read the poem and answer the questions.

I Eat Spaghetti with a Spoon

I eat spaghetti with a spoon.
For soup I use a fork.
I drink my soda from a bottle
stopped up with a cork.

I have a pair of chopsticks
that I use for cutting cheese,
a spatula for salads,
and a knife for eating peas.

I drink my pizza from a cup,
eat ice cream with a stick,
and when I want a glass of milk
my strainer does the trick.

I slurp salami through a straw.
I don't get too much in.
But that's the way I always stay
so fabulously thin.

--Kenn Nesbitt

 

Questions

1. How many stanzas does this poem have? ________________

2. In the second stanza, which word rhymes with peas?

3. What does he use to eat his soup?

4. What does he drink from a cup?

5. How does he eat his ice cream? 

6. What does he slurp through a straw?