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Poetry Review for Exam #figurativelanguage #tone #theme #tone #poetry #analysis
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1
When the speaker says,“acquainted with the night,” he means that he
knows night from day.
works mostly at night.
spends time outdoors atnight.
is uncomfortable at night.
2
How does the speaker compare herself to her grandmothers?
she is not as strong as them
she is not as educated as them
she is smarter than them
she is exactly like them
3
What is the speaker’s view of nature in the poem?
Nature is dull and boring.
Nature is full of sadness.
Nature is scary and dark
Nature is a source of inspiration.
4
"on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams Where the city sleeps And I'm the only one and I walk alone"
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
5
What is the mood implied by walking “out in rain—and back in rain”?
uplifting
courageous
determined
dreary
6
"I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide." -Maya Angelou
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
simile
7
What is unusual about the style of this poem?
It has no capital letters.
It has no speaker.
It does not rhyme.
It has no punctuation.
8
An example of alliteration in the poem is
wet clay
bent to toil
quick hands
rolling roughly
9
I'm like cooler than a polar bear's toenails, bend corners like I was a curve, I struck a nerve
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
personification
10
When the speaker claims to have “outwalked the furthest city light,” readers can infer that he
travels to a place few others go.
knows the exact distance tothe city border.
walks without any sense of direction.
likes walking long distances.
11
What is the speaker reflecting upon in the poem?
a future event
a current event
an imagined event
a memory
12
And my head told my heart, "Let love grow." But my heart told my head, "This time no."
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
13
The overall tone of this poem can be described as
thoughtful
fearful
joyous.
comic
14
What kind of job did the grandmothers likely have?
teachers
maids
tailors
farmers
15
"As we soar walls, every siren is a symphony And every tear's a waterfall"
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
16
What does the speaker personify to make her point?
bodies of water
human beings
forest animals
small insects
17
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone out there'll find me
hyperbole
simile
personification
metaphor
18
The speaker is unwilling to explain
where he is going at that hour.
why he dislikes walking with other people.
who he has visited in the neighborhood.
what he is doing out so late at night.
19
Who is the“little i” in the poem?
The speaker as a child.
The speaker as an adult.
The speaker’s childhoodfriend
The speaker’s own child.
20
What human action does the cloud take in this poem?
holding
hugging
laughing
kissing
21
Identify the sound device for, "Artificial amateurs aren't at all amazing"
anaphora
alliteration
rhyme
onomatopoeia
22
The clock is “luminary”because it
represents the passage oftime.
tells the correct time.
is very old.
is lit up.
23
What does "closing the valves of her attention like stone" mean?
She chooses one person and turns away all others
She has turned to stone
She has decided to enclose herself in a stone room
She is not able to multitask and can only focus on one thing
24
What is the soul choosing when the speaker writes "Choose One?"
Her lunch
A person to open up to
Someone to fall in love with
Who she is voting for
25
Which of the following lines does NOT contain an example of personification?
“if clouds weren’t there /to kiss her tears”
“a river would stop / itsflow”
“someone to hold and be held by”
“an ocean would neverlaugh”
26
What is the theme, or the main message, of “The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be”?
Pollution is harming us all.
The world is doomed to die
People need other people
Be true only to yourself
27
In the first stanza, we learn all these facts about the speaker EXCEPT that he
likes to be out at night.
spends a good deal of time alone.
walks a great deal.
is afraid of spending time with other people.
28
Who is the speaker in this poem?
A man whose soul is hiding from the authorities
A woman writing of the soul's selectivity in relationships
A woman whose soul is guilty causing her to hide
A woman speaking about the way the soul functions in humans
29
What (or who) does the emperor represent in the poem?
The mayor of the city where she was born
King William the 4th
Important or high class figures
Her parents who rule over her
30
What does the door the soul closes represent? (figuratively)
Her trying to close off a harmful relationship
Her refusal to engage with many people
Her dislike for everyone around her
The door in her house closing
31
The speaker’s grandmothers could be described as
passive.
young.
tough.
educated.
32
“I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet”means that
the speaker was the onlyone on the streets.
the person following thespeaker stopped when he did.
the speaker moved frompavement to grass, producing no sound.
there was no sound in thesilent night.
33
Read lines 4-6- What do you infer is the author’s purpose in writing this?.
persuasion
description
information
explanation
34
The tone of this poem can be described as
fearful
amazement
sad
disappointed
