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20 Cards in this Set
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"Nothing Gold Can Stay" deals with the
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temporary quality of natural beauty. it describes how quickly the beauty of dawn fades.
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"Her" in Robert Frost's poem refers to
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nature; Frost personifies nature to make the poem more vivid and the ideas more powerful.
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The line "So dawn goes down to day" Frost's poem indicates
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the passage of time; the speaker is describing how the dawn leads into the day.
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In "A Poison Tree," the tree acts as a(n) _____ for the speaker's anger.
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metaphor; the speaker compares his anger to a tree throughout the poem
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In the final stanza of "A Poison Tree," the description indicates that __________ .
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the speaker's enemy has eaten from the poisonous tree and died; the foe lies "outstretch'd beneath the tree," which indicates he has stolen the trees fruit and died.
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The poem "Beauty" is considered a poem that is written in free verse because ________.
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there is no regular rhyme scheme or meter in the poem
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While the first stanza of "Beauty" focuses on beauty that can be visualized, the second stanza deals with beauty that can be ______.
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heard; the speaker describes the beauty in hearing the wind, the rain, and a person singing.
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To barter means to give one thing in exchange for another. How does the title of the poem "Barter" relate to its subject matter?
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This poem is about trying to obtain all of the good things that life has to offer; the poem is a call for readers to give all that they can for the precious things in life.
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In"Barter" the simile, "Music like a curve of gold" in the second stanza suggests _______.
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the tremendous value of music
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In the final stanza of "Barter" the speaker advises readers that
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no price is too high for even a moment of true happiness.
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This poem compares life to a
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play; the poem divides life into ages, just as play is divided into acts
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Which of the following stages is NOT included in the seven ages of life, according to Shakespeare?
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the elderly man, nearing death, who still remains active and coherent; shakespeare does not include any descriptions of an elderly person who remains vibrant, but rather describes the last age of man as "second childishness" and "mere oblivion."
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Look at the beginning of the speech. What is the best restatement of the following lines: "Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel/ And shining morning face, creeping like a snail / Unwillingly to school"?
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When he is young, he walks slowly to school because he does not want to go.
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Which of the following best describes man during soldier stage as expressed in the lines "Then a soldier / Full of strange oaths, and a bearded like the pard, / Jealous in honor, sudden, and quick in quarrel, / Speaking the bubble reputation / Even in the cannon's mouth"?
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bold and aggressive; describing his as "jealous" and "quick to quarrel" helps readers understand man's personality at this stage. He is also seeking his reputation, even if he needs to face death or "the cannon's mouth."
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The behavior of man in the final stage of life is most similar to that of the _________.
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infant stage; unable to care for himself and ignorant of what is happening around him
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What purpose do the dashes serve in Emily Dickinson's poems?
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they indicate places where readers should take a brief pause
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In "The Wind Began to Rock the Grass," lighting is compared to parts of a ________ "
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bird. says the lighting showed a beak and then a claw. The comparison to an animal is appropriate in this poem that focuses on the natural world.
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In "I'll Tell You How the Sun Rose," the line "The Steeples swam in Amethyst" is a way of saying that _______ .
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the sunrise bathed the church steeples in purple light
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The last two stanzas of "I'll Tell You How the Sun Rose" describe _____ ,
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how the sun set
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How is a book like a frigate, according to Dickinson?
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a book is able to transport people to many places just as a ship can
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