poetry test

What is the form of the poem? (Is it a specific kind of poem?) What is the meter? The rhyme scheme? (after apple- picking)

"After Apple Picking" is a rhyming poem with an irregular rhyming scheme For the majority of the poem, Robert Frost utilizes a broken iambic pentameter but at other times he diverts from this The other times he uses iambic hexameter or iambic diameter His rhyme scheme switches up multiple times using abbacc, dedfef, ghhh, gijigkj, mnnmo, opoqrp, and qststr.

Figures of Speech or Literary Techniques in eating together

"Eating Together" uses similes to describe the father's passing. There is imagery in the description of their meal. There is symbolism of the head of the fish to the father, the head of the family who just died.

Kinds of Images in eating together

"Eating Together" uses the senses of taste and smell to describe the meal that the family is eating. It also uses the sense of sight to describe how the meal was prepared and how mother holds the trout.

Setting of eating together

"Eating together"-The setting is the dinner table, where they are eating a family lunch.

the taxi: What kind of images does the poet use? Smell? Touch? Sight? Hearing? Anything else?

"Lamps pricking eyes" (sight, touch) "Ridges of the wind" (touch) "Edges of night" (sight)

what kind of images does the poet of after apple-picking use?

"Long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree" (Frost 1) - Sight "There's a barrel that I didn't fill / Beside [the ladder], and there may be two or three / Apples I didn't pick upon some bough" (3-5) - Sight "Essence of winter sleep is on the night" (7) - Feeling "The scent of apples" (8) - Smell "Hoary grass" (12) - Sight "Magnified apples appear and disappear / stem end and blossom end, / And every fleck of russet shown clear" (18-20) - Sight "I keep hearing from the cellar bin / The rumbling sound / of load on load of apples coming in" (24-26) - Hearing "There were ten thousand thousand fruit to touch" (29) - Touch and Sight "No matter if not bruised or spiked with stubble, / Went surely to the cider-apple heap" (33-34) - Sight

Kinds of Images in ode to my socks

"Ode to My Socks" uses sight and touch to describe the socks. The narrator compares his feet to two fish and describes the socks of being made of goatskin and twilight.

Figures of Speech or Literary Techniques in ode to my socks

"Ode to my Socks" uses metaphors and similes to describe the socks and his feet in the socks. He also uses imagery when describing the socks and alliteration in lines 5 "socks as soft," 10 "feet were two fish," and 41 "wool in winter."

setting of ode to my socks

"Ode to my Socks"-The setting is in the speaker's bedroom in winter time where he is putting on his magnificent socks.

sea fever: What kind of images does the poet use? Smell? Touch? Sight? Hearing? Anything else?

"The running tide" (Sight, Hearing, and Touch) "The white clouds flying" (Sight) "[A] grey mist... [A] grey dawn breaking (Sight)

What kinds of images does the poet use? (since feeling is first)

"Your eyelids' flutter" - Sight (Cummings 12) "Then / laugh leaning back in my arms" - Sight and Hearing (13-14)

what is the tone/ theme of since feeling is first?

-This poem has a tone of light-heartedness when he is talking about not over analyzing life and enjoying the little things This tone changes to a more serious one when towards the end of the poem when he goes into a deeper reflection on the meaning of life -The theme of this poem is that life is short and should not be spent worrying about the small things because your feelings are more meaningful. But, death should not be ignored as it is a part of life.

Summary of "Ode to my Socks"

A friend crafts magnificent socks for the speaker. The speaker compares his feet in the socks and the socks themselves to things of the world using metaphors. He resists the urge to put them in a golden cage to only look at them, and at last he puts on the beautiful socks.

Figures of Speech and Literary Techniques in "Sea Fever"

Alliteration: "star to steer" and "gull's way and "the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife" Imagery: "lonely sea," "wind's song," "call of the running tide," and "And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking" Simile: "where the wind's like a whetted knife" Personification: "the wind's song," and "call of the running tide"

so you want a social life: What figures of speech or literary techniques does the poem contain? Simile/Metaphor? Personification? Allusion? Imagery? Alliteration? Symbolism? Anything else? Enjambment? Metonymy? Synecdoche?

Allusions are utilized when both Homer and Michelangelo are referenced in the poem.

summary of since feeling is first

An unnamed man describes the nature of his love to his lover. He tries to convince her to listen to her emotions rather than thinking. The man explains how love transcends death and how their feelings towards each other surpass anything else in this world.

summary of after apple-picking

An unnamed narrator thinks about his day of apple-picking. He remembers looking through a sheet of ice and how strange the world looked through it. He is tired of apple-picking because there are so many to pick and he must not drop any. He tries to fall asleep and wonders if he will wake up.

shall i compare thee to a summer's day: What figures of speech or literary techniques does the poem contain? Simile/Metaphor? Personification? Allusion? Imagery? Alliteration? Symbolism? Anything else? Enjambment? Metonymy? Synecdoche?

Apostrophe - the speaker addresses someone in this poem but only refers to them as "thee" Simile - the speaker compares her to a summer's day Metaphor - the speaker states that she "art more lovely and more temperate" Personification - "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines" - the speaker gives heaven an eye Imagery - "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May" Symbolism - Compares him to a summer's day but isn't literally a summer's day

"Sea Fever" Summary

As Mansfield describes the strong allure of the beautiful sea in the poem, "Sea Fever", an anonymous narrator recounts their many reasons for returning to the sea before he dies.

after apple- picking: what is the tone/theme of this poem?

At the beginning of the poem, there is a tone of exhaustion and dreariness because he is tired apple picking and he reminisces about all of the things he did and didn't accomplish during his life Towards the end of the poem the tone changes to somber and sad because he realizes there are some things he wanted to do but never completed and now he realizes it is too late as he is nearing his death. There is a theme of desires in this poem as the man thinks back upon all of the things he wanted in his life but didn't accomplish because of his focus on apple picking Another theme is the significance of life and making the most of it by doing things you want and not having regrets which is something the man realises as death approaches him towards the end of the poem

repeated or inverted elects in ode to my socks

In "Ode to My Socks" the narrator repeats the words socks and two when referring to the socks on his feet.

shall i compare thee to a summer's day summary

In this poem, the speaker is comparing their love to a summer's day. They reflect on the similarities and differences of their love and a summer day. The speaker says that because of their love, the summer day will not fade.

i am offering this poem: What figures of speech or literary techniques does the poem contain? Simile/Metaphor? Personification? Allusion? Imagery? Alliteration? Symbolism? Anything else? Enjambment? Metonymy? Synecdoche?

Jimmy Baca uses similes in the lines "Keep it like a warm coat," "Like a pair of thick socks," and "Tucked away like a cabin or hogan." The author personifies cold and winter in the lines where he says, "When winter comes to cover you" and in the line where he says, "Cold cannot bite through." He also personifies the world itself in the line where he notes, "When the world outside / no longer cares if you love or die." He creates a metaphor when he says, "It is a pot full of yellow corn." Baca utilizes repetition through his constant use of the phrase "I love you."

What elements are repeated? Inverted? (statements forwards and backwards) What is the effect of the repetition/inversion in so you want a social life?

Koch repeats that a person can have only two of the three aspects of life: a social life, a love life, and a job. This repetition further emphasizes the point that the poet attempts to portray to the reader.

What figures of speech or literary techniques does this poem contain? (after since feeling is first)

Pun: Line 4-- "wholly to be a fool," this is a play on words for the term "holy fool" Personification: Line 6-- "while Spring is in the world," the author turns the season of Spring into an actual person who came into the world. Line 7-- "my blood approves,...." Line 11-- "The best gesture of my brain...." Line 12-- "eyelids' flutter which says / we are for each other...." Metaphor: Lines 15 and 16-- "for life's not a paragraph / And death I think is no parenthesis." Life is compared to a paragraph because life does not have a structure like a paragraph does, which means anything can happen. Death is compared to parenthesis because the author does not believe death has an end of a person's life. Imagery: Line 14-- "laugh,leaning back in my arms," this gives the reader a sense of a visual image of the actions in the sentence. Enjambment: this is a recurring literary device throughout the poem.

What elements are repeated? Inverted? What is the effect of the repetition/inversion? (since feeling is first)

Repeated: Lines 3 and 4 — "Wholly" Inverted: Line 4 — "Wholly to be a fool" Effect: The repetition of the word "wholly" shows how much the narrator loves the lady.

Figures of Speech and Literary Techniques in "The Taxi"

Simile: "The world beats dead / like a slackened drum" Personification: "And the lamps of the city prick my eyes" Personification : "Streets coming fast one after another" Imagery: "jutted stars" and "ridges of the wind"

What figures of speech or literary techniques does the poem after- apple picking contain?

Symbolism: the harvest is a symbol for progress and inventiveness. The fallen apples are a symbol of sin and corruption. Metaphor: In line 9, the author compares his different view of the world to that of something physically caught in his eyes or sleep. In line 10, he compares frozen over water to "a pane of glass." Imagery and Allusion: There are many Biblical images included-- line 1 and 2 refer to the Genesis story of Jacob's Ladder ("My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree / Toward heaven still,..."). The fallen fruit in lines 13 and 31-36 refer to the Fall of Man in the book of Genesis (line 13: "It melted, and I let it fall and break." lines 31-36: "Cherish in hand, lift down, and not let fall. / For all / That struck the earth, / No matter if not bruised or spiked with stubble, / Went surely to the cider-apple heap / As of no worth.") Alliteration: Line 23: "boughs bend" Hyperbole: In line 30, the words, "ten thousand thousand fruit to touch," is an exaggeration of how many apples there were. Enjambment: There is an enjambment between the first and second lines of the poem: "My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree / Toward heaven still,..."

same song: What is the form of the poem? (Is it a specific kind of poem?) What is the meter? The rhyme scheme?

The Form of "Same Song" is free verse, the meter is inconsistent, the rhyme scheme is ABCDEFGHI ect.

i am offering this poem: What kinds of images does the poet use? Smell? Touch? Sight? Hearing? Anything else?

The author invokes touch in the lines where he says, "Keep it like a warm coat / when winter comes to cover you / or like a pair of thick socks" and the line where he says, "Scarf for your head, to wear / over your hair, to tie up around your face." Jimmy Santiago references smell and taste in the line in which he writes, "So it is a pot full of yellow corn."

shall i compare thee to a summer's day: Does the poem have an effective, striking, or climactic moment? Does it come to some kind of resolution? What kind?

The climax is when the speaker states that a summer's day will eventually end by saying "every fair from fair sometime declines" The speaker ends the poem with the resolution that the beauty of the person it is referring to will never end

sea fever: What is the form of the poem? What is the meter? The rhyme scheme? What elements are repeated? Inverted? What is the effect of the repetition/inversion?

The form of the poem is a lyric poem. The meter is heptameter with stresses in the first line. Rhyme Scheme: AABB, CCDD, EEFF (look on sheet) It repeats "I must go down to the seas again." Nothing is inverted. The repetition emphasises the importance of returning to the sea one last time.

setting of same song

The house that both children and the parent live in.

setting of after apple-picking

The narrator is in a bed at nighttime, but he thinks about the apple orchard he was in earlier.

shall i compare thee to a summer's day: What elements are repeated? Inverted? (statements forwards and backwards) What is the effect of the repetition/inversion?

The only element that is repeated is the summer's day. This supports the speaker's comparison and creates more imagery.

theme of i am offering this poem

The overall theme of the poem is that love is all you need.

i am offering this poem: What is the tone of the poem? Solemn? Playful? Irreverent? Mournful? Objective? Anything else?

The overall type of tone throughout the poem has a romantic mood due to the repetition of "I love you", yet depressing as he has nothing else to give.

summary of same song

The poem "Same Song" by Pat Mora is about a parent observing the patterns of her sixteen-year-old son, and her twelve-year-old daughter. The pattern the parent notices between the children is they look in the mirror and no matter how much they try to improve themselves, they frown at their appearances.

so you want a social life: Does the poem have an effective, striking, or climactic moment? Does it come to some kind of resolution? What kind?

The poem comes to a resolution that a single person does not have enough time to have a social life, a love life, and a work life. A person must choose two out of the three.

sea fever: Does the poem have an effective, striking, or climactic moment? Does it come to some kind of resolution? What kind?

The poem does not have a climactic moment because the character has not yet gone to the sea. There is no true resolution.

after apple-picking: Does the poem have an effective, striking, or climactic moment? Does it come to some kind of resolution? What kind?

The poem has a striking moment: "The woodchuck could say whether it's like his / Long sleep, as I describe its coming on, / Or just some human sleep" (Frost 39-41) This makes readers think that he might die There is no resolution to this poem. It leaves it open to interpretation.

i am offering this poem: What is the form of the poem? (Is it a specific kind of poem?) What is the meter? The rhyme scheme?

The poem has no rhyme scheme until the last stanza where the rhyme scheme is AABB. The poem contains no set meter. Free verse for the first 3 stanzas until being a rhyme poem at the last stanza.

so you want a social life: What is the tone of the poem? Solemn? Playful? Irreverent? Mournful? Objective? Anything else?

The poem is cautionary, warning the reader not to overstretch themselves.

4. What is the form of the poem? (Is it a specific kind of poem?) What is the meter? The rhyme scheme in so you want a social life?

The poem is free-verse with no consistent meter and a varied rhyme scheme. A, B, C, C, A, D A, A, A, B, B, A

shall i compare thee to a summer's day: What is the form of the poem? (Is it a specific kind of poem?) What is the meter? The rhyme scheme?

The poem's form is a sonnet Its meter is iambic pentameter Its rhyme scheme is ABACDEDEFGFGHH

the taxi: What is the form of the poem? What is the meter? The rhyme scheme? What elements are repeated? Inverted? What is the effect of the repetition/inversion?

The poem's form is free verse. There is no meter or rhyme scheme used in the poem. There is no repetition or inversion of literary elements.

"The Taxi" Summary

The poem, "The Taxi," illustrates the fast-paced city life from the perspective of someone driving in a taxi. Amy Lowell depicts the pain of leaving someone behind, through the symbolism of a taxi driving away from the city.

same song: What kinds of images does the poet use? Smell? Touch? Sight? Hearing? Anything else?

The poet instigates the use of touch and sight. The poet uses the feel and how one uses the objects throughout the poem. "Squeezes into faded jeans" and "expanding biceps, triceps, pectorals". The poet uses imagery through color and action. "Curls her hair carefully" and "strokes Aztec Blue shadow on her eyelids"

so you want a social life: What kinds of images does the poet use? Smell? Touch? Sight? Hearing? Anything else?

The poet uses descriptive language in order to appeal to the reader's sense of sight. (Example: "Though dawn begins, yet midnight ends--")

same song: Does the poem have an effective, striking, or climactic moment? Does it come to some kind of resolution? What kind?

The problem shown in the poem is presented as two separate problems centered around the same situation. The problems appear as the children attempt to improve their "looks" but are ultimately disappointed with the results.

same song: What elements are repeated? Inverted? (statements forwards and backwards) What is the effect of the repetition/inversion?

The repeated elements are that both the son and daughter work to improve their appearance and are still unpleased. The elements that are inverted are that they both are awake at different times. The effect of the repetition shows that neither of the children are happy with themselves, the effect of the inversion created the environment for each children to attempt to beautify themselves in different ways.

setting of i am offering this poem

The setting of this poem is vague, but the time of year is winter.

i am offering this poem: Does the poem have an effective, striking, or climactic moment? Does it come to some kind of resolution? What kind?

The significant event in this poem is the narrator giving his love. He does not anything else to give, so he gives his love, the most important thing to him.

Summary of "Eating Together"

The speaker and family are eating lunch which he describes thoroughly. The graceful way the mom eats a fish head reminds the speaker of their recently passed father who died gracefully also.

the taxi: Does the poem have an effective, striking, or climactic moment? Does it come to some kind of resolution? What kind?

The speaker describes his or her pain by showing the pain of separation. This poem does not have a climactic moment because the anonymous narrator thinks about leaving his or her loved one while using the symbolism of a taxi and personification of the city.

Who is the speaker? In what person is the poet speaking? To whom is the poem addressed? (since feeling is first)

The speaker is a man who is describing the most important things in life The speaker is addressing a lady who he is in love with The poet is speaking in the second person

sea fever: Who is the speaker? In what person is the poet speaking? To whom is the poem addressed? What is the Setting?

The speaker is a sad anonymous person. The poet is speaking in first person. The poem is addressed to the sea. The setting is unnamed but because of the narrator's thoughts, we can infer it is not the sea.

the taxi: Who is the speaker? In what person is the poet speaking? To whom is the poem addressed? What is the Setting?

The speaker is an anonymous person. The poet is speaking in first person. The poem is addressed to a loved one. The setting is metaphorically a city.

Who is the speaker? (not the author) In what person (first, second, third) is the poet speaking? To whom is the poem addressed? (not the reader) in so you want a social life

The speaker is never named, but addresses people who try to balance to many different facets of their life, love, work, and friends, in the first person.

shall i compare thee to a summer day's: Who is the speaker? (not the author) In what person (first, second, third) is the poet speaking? To whom is the poem addressed? (not the reader)

The speaker is someone that is thinking about a young girl and comparing him to a summer's day The speaker speaks in the first person The poem is addressed to the young girl that the speaker is talking about, as the speaker asks "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

i am offering this poem: Who is the speaker? (not the author) In what person (first, second, third) is the poet speaking?

The speaker is the main character. The book is narrated in first person, present tense. The poem is addressed to an anonymous person whose gender and name is not revealed.

same song: Who is the speaker? (not the author) In what person (first, second, third) is the poet speaking? To whom is the poem addressed? (not the reader)

The speaker is the parent of both children. Third. It is addressed to someone they speaking is talking to about their children.

Who is the speaker? To whom is the poem addressed? In what person is the poet speaking? (eating together)

The speaker of "Eating Together" is a son or daughter that is eating lunch. The person is speaking in first person. The poem is addressed to someone in remembrance of his dad.

Who is the speaker? To whom is the poem addressed? In what person is the poet speaking?(ode to my socks)

The speaker of "Ode to my Socks" is a friend of Mara Mori who appreciates the intricacy of crafts. The person is speaking first person. This poem is addressed to someone he is describing the socks to.

same song: What figures of speech or literary techniques does the poem contain? Simile/Metaphor? Personification? Allusion? Imagery? Alliteration? Symbolism? Anything else? Enjambment? Metonymy? Synecdoche?

The story uses an allusion throughout, telling about how the two children try to look good-looking, but are disappointed. The author use imagery by including common objects to paint a picture of the bathroom and what is done during the boy's workout routine. The mirror shows symbolism as it shows not just themselves, but what they think of themselves.

shall i compare thee to a summer's day:What is the theme of this poem?

The theme expressed in this poem is love for another or love for nature.

same song: What is the theme of this poem?

The theme that is examined is the theme of physical beauty.

shall i compare thee to a summer's day: What is the tone of the poem? Solemn? Playful? Irreverent? Mournful? Objective? Anything else?

The tone is admiring, loving, and affectionate.

sea fever: What is the tone of the poem? Solemn? Playful? Irreverent? Mournful? Objective? Anything else? What is the theme of this poem?

The tone is solemn because it discusses the desire to return to the sea. The theme is the wanderlust of people to achieve the things they want before they die.

What are the tones and themes in eating together?

The tone of "Eating Together" is mournful and solemn in remembrance of the speaker's father's peaceful death and the theme is the need to continue living after we lose someone we love and we need to remember their legacy

What are the tones and themes in ode to my socks?

The tone of "Ode to my Socks" is appreciative and the theme of this poem is appreciation for the small things in life

same song: What is the tone of the poem? Solemn? Playful? Irreverent? Mournful? Objective? Anything else?

The tone of the poem is solemn as it follows a father's children as they do not think that they can look good.

repeated or inverted elements in eating together

There are no repeated or inverted elements in "Eating Together"

Does the poem have an effective, striking, or climactic moment? Does it come to some kind of resolution? What kind? (since feeling is first)

There is no climactic moment. Resolution "for life's not a paragraph / and death i think is no parenthesis" (Cummings 15-16) Reveals that death will not end their love for each other

setting of since feeling is first

There is no referenced setting in the poem.

what is the setting in so you want a social life?

There is no setting, the poem is a commentary, not a narrative.

summary of so you want a social life

There isn't enough time to devote yourself to everything. You cannot have a great social life, love life, and work life. Everyone has to balance and prioritize their goals in life, and sometimes you will have to choose one of your pursuits to abandon.

What is the form of the poem? (Is it a specific kind of poem?) What is the meter? The rhyme scheme? (after apple picking)

This is a free lyric poem with no meter or rhyme scheme

summary of i am offering this poem

This poem illustrates the struggle of a male pauper who is only able to give the greatest gift of all - love. Since he has no material possessions or money, he offers his love as a coat to keep warm or as a compass when lost. He insists that love is all he has to give and all someone needs to live.

setting of shall i compare thee to a summer's day

This poem takes place in someone's thoughts. The speaker is thinking of a summer's day.

i am offering this poem: What elements are repeated? Inverted? (statements forwards and backwards) What is the effect of the repetition/inversion?

Throughout the poem, the phrase "I love you" is constantly repeated to emphasise its importance; this phrase follows after the end of every stanza.

the taxi: What is the tone of the poem? Solemn? Playful? Irreverent? Mournful? Objective? Anything else? What is the theme of this poem?

Tones: sorrowful, sad, and longing because it embodies the feeling of separation. Theme: Leaving someone you love is painful. The story conveys a sorrowful and sad tone, and a feeling of longing and separation.

shall i compare thee to a summer's day: What kinds of images does the poet use? Smell? Touch? Sight? Hearing? Anything else?

Touch: "Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines." Sight: "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May"/ "And often is his gold complexion dimmed;" / "Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st" Other: "Thy eternal summer shall not fade" / "Nor shall Death brag thou wand'rest in his shade / "So long lives this and give life to thee"

so you want a social life: What is the theme of this poem?

You can't have a social life, love life, and work life; you must choose two of the three.

in what person is the poet speaking in after apple-picking?

first person

poem form of eating together

no rhyme scheme, free verse

poem form of ode to my socks

no rhyme scheme, free verse

what elements are repeated or inverted in after apple-picking

none

speaker of after apple-picking

the apple picker

to whom is the poem addressed in after apple-picking?

thinking to himself as he rests in his bed at night