Comparing Poetry: Poetic Devices Answers

Read the poem.The lights dim and quiet descends,Hushed whispers are barely heardAs silence surroundsUntil the movie ends.

Read this excerpt from "The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe.In the startled ear of nightHow they scream out their affright!Too much horrified to speak,They can only shriek, shriek,Out of tune,

Read this excerpt from "The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe.How it swells!How it dwellsOn the Future! how it tellsOf the rapture that impels

Read the poem.School looms large, and I feel smallI pause until the door swings wideI hoist my pack, step insideAdjust my cuffs, smooth my hairAnd wonder what I’m doing here.

Which phrase from the "The Bells” best conveys the mood of lines 70-94?

Read excerpt 1 (line 38) from "The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe.What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!Read excerpt 2 (line 113) from "The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe.To the moaning and the groaning of the bells.

Read the excerpt from “Sea Fever” by John Masefield.And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

Read this excerpt from “Sea Fever” by John Masefield.And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking,

Read the excerpt from “Sea Fever” by John Masefield.To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;

Which lines from "The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe contain onomatopoeia? Select three options.