Poetry: "The Lake of the Dismal Swamp" by Thomas Moore Answers

Which of the following is a key reason to include hyperbole in a literary work? I. to add humor Il. to heighten effect III. to create suspense

Read the excerpt below from the poem “I Knew a Woman” by Theodore Roethke and answer the question that follows. Let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay:I’m martyr to a motion not my own;What’s freedom for? To know eternity.I swear she cast a shadow white as stone.But who would count eternity in days?These old bones live to learn her wanton ways:(I measure time by how a body sways). Source: Roethke, Theodore. “I Knew a Woman.” The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke. New York: Random House Inc., 1961. Poetry Foundation. Web. 9 June 2011. Which line is an example of the poetic technique metonymy?

Read the excerpt below from the poem “I Knew a Woman” by Theodore Roethke and answer the question that follows. Let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay:I’m martyr to a motion not my own;What’s freedom for? To know eternity.I swear she cast a shadow white as stone.But who would count eternity in days?These old bones live to learn her wanton ways:(I measure time by how a body sways). Source: Roethke, Theodore. “I Knew a Woman.” The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke. New York: Random House Inc., 1961. Poetry Foundation. Web. 9 June 2011. Which excerpt is a simile that indicates a thoughtful mood?

Read the excerpt below from the poem “I Knew a Woman” by Theodore Roethke and complete the sentence that follows. I knew a woman, lovely in her bones,When small birds sighed, she would sigh back at them;Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one:The shapes a bright container can contain!Of her choice virtues only gods should speak,Or English poets who grew up on Greek(I’d have them sing in chorus, cheek to cheek). Source: Roethke, Theodore. “I Knew a Woman.” The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke. New York: Random House Inc., 1961. Poetry Foundation. Web. 9 June 2011. All of these types of figurative language appear in the excerpt above except __________.

“Conceit” is best defined as a lengthy or extended __________.

Read the excerpt below from the poem “miss rosie” by Lucille Clifton and answer the question that follows. when I watch youwrapped up like garbagesitting, surrounded by the smellof too old potato peels Source: Clifton, Lucille. “miss rosie.” Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980. Rochester: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1987. Poets.org. Web. 9 June 2011. Which of the following techniques is used in the excerpt? I. simile II. personification III. sensory imagery

Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. “She Walks in Beauty”by Lord Byron She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that’s best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes;Thus mellowed to that tender lightWhich heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less,Had half impaired the nameless graceWhich waves in every raven tress,Or softly lightens o’er her face;Where thoughts serenely sweet express,How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,The smiles that win, the tints that glow,But tell of days in goodness spent,A mind at peace with all below,A heart whose love is innocent! Source: Byron, George Gordon. “She Walks in Beauty.” Poetry.org. The Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 19 July 2011. Which excerpt best reflects Byron’s appreciation of beauty?

Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. “Simile”by N. Scott Momaday What did we say to each other that now we are as the deer who walk in single file with heads high with ears forwardwith eyes watchful with hooves always placed on firm ground in whose limbs there is latent flight Source: Momaday, N. Scott. “Simile.” The Language of Literature. New York: McDougal Littell, 2006. 265. Print. Which of the following excerpts illustrates the theme that people are cautious around those who have hurt them? I. “who walk in single file/with heads high” II. “with ears forward/with eyes watchful” III. “in whose limbs there is latent flight”

“Metonymy” is best defined as a figure of speech in which __________.

Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. “Simile”by N. Scott Momaday What did we say to each otherthat now we are as the deerwho walk in single filewith heads highwith ears forwardwith eyes watchfulwith hooves always placed on firm groundin whose limbs there is latent flight Source: Momaday, N. Scott. “Simile.” The Language of Literature. New York: McDougal Littell, 2006. 265. Print. Which word best describes the mood of this poem?