Read these stanzas from the poem "A Poet and His Song" by Paul Laurence Dunbar.My days are never days of ease;I till my ground and prune my trees.When ripened gold is all the plain,I put my sickle to the grain.I labor hard, and toil and sweat,While others dream within the dell;But even while my brow is wet,I sing my song, and all is well. Sometimes the sun, unkindly hot,My garden makes a desert spot;Sometimes a blight upon the treeTakes all my fruit away from me;And then with throes of bitter painRebellious passions rise and swell;But—life is more than fruit or grain,And so I sing, and all is well.How is the message of this poem similar to the poet’s message in "Mother to Son"?
Read this excerpt from a poem.The teacher called her nameThe sound was an alarmIt prickled every hairAnd jangled every nerve Which line contains a metaphor?
What is the central idea of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem "The Courage That My Mother Had"?
What figurative language does the narrator use to describe her life in "Mother to Son"?
Read the poem "City Trees" by Edna St. Vincent Millay.The trees along this city street,Save for the traffic and the trains,Would make a sound as thin and sweetAs trees in country lanes. And people standing in their shadeOut of a shower, undoubtedlyWould hear such music as is madeUpon a country tree. Oh, little leaves that are so dumbAgainst the shrieking city air,I watch you when the wind has come,—I know what sound is there.What is the central idea of this poem?
Read these stanzas from the poem "Ballad" by Paul Laurence Dunbar.I know my love is true,And oh the day is fair.The sky is dear and blue,The flowers are rich of hue,The air I breathe is rare,I have no grief or care;For my own love is true,And oh the day is fair. My love is false I find,And oh the day is dark.Blows sadly down the wind,While sorrow holds my mind;I do not hear the lark,For quenched is life's dear spark,—My love is false I find,And oh the day is dark!What is the central idea of this poem?
What figurative language does the narrator use with the images of tacks and splinters in "Mother to Son"?
What is the central idea of Langston Hughes’s poem "Mother to Son"?
Read the poem "The Path" by Paul Laurence Dunbar.There are no beaten paths to Glory's height,There are no rules to compass greatness known;Each for himself must cleave a path alone,And press his own way forward in the fight.Smooth is the way to ease and calm delight,And soft the road Sloth chooseth for her own;But he who craves the flower of life full-blown,Must struggle up in all his armor dight!What though the burden bear him sorely downAnd crush to dust the mountain of his pride,Oh, then, with strong heart let him still abide;For rugged is the roadway to renown,Nor may he hope to gain the envied crown,Till he hath thrust the looming rocks aside. What is the central idea of this poem?
Read this excerpt from a poem.Anticipation is a grip on their hearts;They wait with frozen smilesUntil it finally starts.With a jerk, their cart begins to climbAnd every click of the chainsPrickles their spines.Which line contains a metaphor?
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