Poetry Analysis

Question 1

What does the poet mean by "Certain trees stick across the road. They are unimportant now."

Accepted Answer

The trees no longer matter b/c they aren't in the ground.

Question 2

What is the poetry structure of Tornado at Talladega?

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Narrative

Question 3

"Who is that bird reporting the storm?" Is an example of what type of figurative language.

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 4

What does campensino mean in the poem Problems with Hurricanes?

Accepted Answer

A farm worker.

Question 5

What does the word ire mean in the poem Tornado at Talladega?

Accepted Answer

Anger

Question 6

What type of figurative language is the following: Where the ocean herself was born. (Silko)

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 7

What is the poetry structure of Prayer to the Pacific?

Accepted Answer

Concrete

Question 8

What does the poet mean when she writes, "It happened all of a sudden."

Accepted Answer

The tornado destroying the neighborhood.

Question 9

Grandfather turtle rolled in the sand 4 times & disappeared swimming into the sun."

Accepted Answer

Imagery

Question 10

What does the word projectile mean in the poem Problems with Hurricanes?

Accepted Answer

a missile designed to be fired from a rocket or gun

Question 11

Pale pale water in the yellow-white light of sun floating west to China.(Silko)

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Imagery

Question 12

What does the word immemorial mean in the poem Prayer to the Pacific?

Accepted Answer

Something from the past or that is very old.

Question 13

What is the REAL problem is the poet explaining in the poem Problems with Hurricanes?

Accepted Answer

The dangers of flying fruits.

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