4. In "The New Colossus," the Statue of Liberty is compared to alan
A. European queen.
B. mother.
C. immigrant
D. door
7. Describing the chariot that bears the human soul as "frugal" is an example of A. paradox.
B. denotation.
C. epiphany.
D. realism
9. Who is the speaker in Sandburg's "Grass"?
A. A conductor
B. A passenger
C. The grass
D. Napoleon
10. Which one of the following poems depends heavily on the use of allusion for effect?
A. "God's Grandeur"
B. "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"
C. "Grass"
D. "Death, Be Not Proud"
12. Which poet, who seems be using iambic pentameter, bends the meter most?
A. Emily Dickinson
B. John Donne
C. Gerard Manley Hopkins
D. Emma Lazarus
13. Which one of the following elements is characteristic of the poem "Richard Cory"?
A. Surprise ending
B. Blank verse
C. Lack of rhyme scheme
D. Sonnet form
14. Which one of the following poems is an English sonnet?
A. "The Red Wheelbarrow"
B. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
C. "Into My Own"
17. In "Death, Be Not Proud," the speaker is addressing his words to
A. his father.
B. an old man.
C. Death
D. God.
18. What is the rhyme scheme in "How Ooth the Little Crocodile" on page 29 of Great Short Poems?
A. AABB CCOO
B. ABBA ABBA
C. ABAB ABAB
D. ABAB COCO
19. Which one of the following poems is written in free verse?
A. "Grass"
B. "There Is No Frigate Like a Book"
C. "Death, Be Not Proud"
D. "God's Grandeur"
20. Which one of the following lines is written in iambic pentameter?
A. "I lift my lamp beside the golden door"
B. "When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me"
C. "Not that the pines are darker there"
D. "And sorry I could not travel both"
my answers
4. b 7. d 9. a 10. b 12. b 13. d 14. b 17. c 18. b 19. c 20. c
73 people saw it why don't they answer it I HATE THAT Carrie, I can't even read the poem because my dumb teacher doesn't know how to ACTUALLY PROVIDE me with the poem so I always have to look up the poem but I can never find the right one that why I always look up the answers so that is very rude when you've seen it but you don't even try to answer the question so I am very sorry Carrie but I cannot help you.
To verify your answers, let's go through each question and explain how to arrive at the correct answer:
4. In "The New Colossus," the Statue of Liberty is compared to a [option].
To find the answer, you would need to read or have knowledge of the poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus. In this poem, the Statue of Liberty is compared to someone or something. By understanding the context and the purpose of the poem, you can determine the appropriate comparison for the Statue of Liberty.
7. Describing the chariot that bears the human soul as "frugal" is an example of [option].
To answer this question, you need to understand the literary device being used in the given description. In this case, the word "frugal" is contradictory to what one might expect when describing a chariot that carries the human soul. By knowing the different literary devices and their definitions, you can identify the correct answer.
9. Who is the speaker in Sandburg's "Grass"?
To determine the speaker in a poem, you need to analyze the poem itself. In Sandburg's "Grass," the speaker could be a conductor, a passenger, the grass itself, or Napoleon. By examining the tone, language, and perspective in the poem, you can determine who the likely speaker is.
10. Which one of the following poems depends heavily on the use of allusion for effect?
To answer this question, you would need to be familiar with the four given poems and understand what allusion means. By analyzing the content and language of each poem, you can identify which one relies heavily on allusions to create an effect.
12. Which poet, who seems to be using iambic pentameter, bends the meter most?
In this question, you need to identify the poet who deviates from the expected iambic pentameter the most. To determine this, you must be familiar with the writings and style of each poet mentioned and analyze their use of meter.
13. Which one of the following elements is characteristic of the poem "Richard Cory"?
To answer this question, you need to identify which element is present in the poem "Richard Cory." The options given are a surprise ending, blank verse, lack of rhyme scheme, or sonnet form. By reading and analyzing the poem, you can determine which characteristic aligns with the structure or narrative of the poem.
14. Which one of the following poems is an English sonnet?
To determine if a poem is an English sonnet, you need to identify the characteristics of a sonnet and then analyze each given poem to see if those characteristics are present.
17. In "Death, Be Not Proud," the speaker is addressing his words to [option].
To answer this question, you need to understand the content and context of the poem "Death, Be Not Proud" and identify who the speaker is addressing their words to.
18. What is the rhyme scheme in "How Ooth the Little Crocodile" on page 29 of Great Short Poems?
To determine the rhyme scheme, you need to analyze the pattern of rhyming sounds in the poem "How Ooth the Little Crocodile" on page 29 of the book Great Short Poems. By looking at the end sounds of each line, you can identify the rhyme scheme.
19. Which one of the following poems is written in free verse?
To identify if a poem is written in free verse or not, you need to understand the characteristics of free verse and then examine each given poem to see if it adheres to those characteristics.
20. Which one of the following lines is written in iambic pentameter?
To identify a line written in iambic pentameter, you need to understand the meter and stress patterns in poetry. By examining the given lines and identifying the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, you can determine which line is written in iambic pentameter.
Now that you have the explanations, you can compare them to your answers to see if they align.