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PART TWO: Read the following quotations and decide whether each contains:
Choose (a) simile (b) metaphor (c) personification.
16. “Life is a broken-winged bird/That cannot fly.”
20. “Hope is a thing with feathers/that perches in the soul/And sings the tune without the
words/And never stops at all.”
22. “[Death] had his black coat on,/Black gloves, a broad black hat.”
27. In Emily Dickinson’s “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers”, Hope is being compared to
a. The soul c. a feather
b. A bird d. a frog
28. “A Noiseless Patient Spider” by Walt Whitman is an example of which type of poem
a. Narrative poem b. Lyric Poem c. Ballad Poem
30. In “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” Emily Dickinson emphasizes that
a. Being a “somebody” is overrated
b. She hates being a nobody
c. frogs are private creatures
d. She wants to be known as a great poet
Short Essay (Worth 10 points): Choose one of the following poems: “Fire and Ice”, “The Road
Not Taken” or “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers--“. Then in paragraph form, write an analysis of
the poem. What was the overall meaning of the poem? Give two examples of literary devices
(listed above in part one) to support your analysis.
By Emily Dickinson
By Robert Frost
By Robert Frost