Analyzing Different Interpretations of a Sonnet — Unit test

Question 1

Read the poem "The Mountain" by Emily Dickinson.The mountain sat upon the plainIn his eternal chair,His observation omnifold,His inquest everywhere. The seasons prayed around his knees,Like children round a sire:Grandfather of the days is he,Of dawn the ancestor.Dickinson uses figurative language in the first stanza to

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bring the mountain to life.

Question 2

What overall effect does Bradstreet achieve in "The Author to Her Book" through her use of hyperbole and metaphor?

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She conveys the depth of care for her writing.

Question 3

What is the denotation of a word?

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its literal meaning

Question 4

Read the third stanza of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death."We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess – in the Ring –We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –We passed the Setting Sun –Why does Dickinson most likely repeat the word “passed” three times in this stanza?

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The words convey a sense of steady motion.

Question 5

The speaker in "The Weary Blues" is most likely

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an audience member at a blues show.

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