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What is the most prominent literary device in the poem?

What line does NOT represent the process of discovery when reading poetry?

Introduction to Poetry Quiz

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1
What line does NOT represent the process of discovery when reading poetry?
"press an ear against its hive" (stanza 2)
"watch him probe his way out" (stanza 3)
"feel the walls for a light switch" (stanza 4)
"tie the poem to a chair with rope" (stanza 6)
2
What is the most prominent literary device in the poem?
Personification
Metonymy
Simile
Metaphor
3
What could lines 2-3 ("hold...slide") mean, in the context of the poem?
Use poetry to paint a picture in your mind.
Notice the colors described in the poem.
Read poetry in good lighting.
Look at poetry from different perspectives.
4
What best describes the theme of this poem?
The awareness for nature.
Different methods to approach poetry.
Student's reaction to poetry.
Appreciation for poetry.
5
In the first line of the poem, who does "them" likely refer to?
Students
Teachers
Community
Society
6
Where does the tone shift in the poem?
Stanza 5
Stanza 6
Stanza 7
Stanza 4
7
What could the mouse be symbolic for?
A maze
The audience/reader
The analysis of any given poem
The speaker
8
What is the poetic style of this poem?
Blank Verse
Free Verse
Sonnet
Prose
9
The "hose" is used in a specific way in this poem, have any of the other texts we have read used it in the same way?
False
True
10
What is the significance of the "hive" mentioned in stanza 2?
To reference nature.
To reference a swarm of bees.
To reference the chaos behind poetry.
To reference poetry's appeal to sight.