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Taught Me Purple & Those Winter Sundays
What were some poetic devices in "Taught Me Purple"?
What is the child being protected from?
Taught Me Purple & Those Winter Sundays
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What is the child being protected from?
Ongoing angers
Winter darkness
Splintering coldness
Blazing fires
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What were some poetic devices in "Taught Me Purple"?
Rhyme
Stanzas
Tone
Simile
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"I'd wake up and hear the cold splintering, breaking" is an example of what literary device
Onamonapia
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
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Who is the speaker of the poem?
An adult looking back on his childhood
The father
A father looking back on his child's past
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Who Wrote "Taught Me Purple"
Evelyn Tooly Hunt
Evelyn Tooley Hut
Evelyn Tooley Hunt
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What is a possible theme?
See the golden things in life, but don't let it corrupt
Being rich, or successful, can have negative affects
Being successful is a bad thing
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In the poem "Winter Sundays", what does "love's austere and lonely offices" mean?
Kind and wholehearted
Severe or strict in manner
Works without expectation
Hatred and betrayal
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What could Purple stand for?
Opportunity
Lower class
Wealth
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The setting in line (2) is described as "blueback cold" what senses does that image appeal to?
Touch and Sight
Taste
Sight
Touch
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What does Hunt mean when she says "Wash-Grey"
Average
Routine
Royalty
Perfect
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What fact is true about Hunt?
She sadly did not receive an award
She was one of the first American poets to use Haiku
She lived from 1805-1892
She inspired the novel "The Color Gold"
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The poem focuses on "lonely offices" which means
Empty hearts
Silent rooms
Unappreciated duties
Unloved parent
