"Creatures"
"Since Feeling Is First"
"The Waking"
"Those Winter Sundays"
Miscellaneous
100
What feelings do the "swirling patterns in the wallpaper" cause?
Feelings of depression.
100
According to the speaker, what do some people pay attention too much to?
“The syntax of things,” or the rules and structures of life
100
How would you describe the poet's waking?
Leisurely, slowly
100
What relation is the speaker to the father?
He is his son.
100
Who wrote "Since Feeling Is First"?
e. e. cummings
200
The poet is connecting two things in this poem. What are they?
A recent event with his childhood memories.
200
What happens to people who pay too much attention to details?
They miss out on life experiences.
200
What is the tone of the poem?
Calm, gentle
200
Why does the father get up early on Sundays, even though it's his day off?
Because it's cold and he wants to heat up the house.
200
In the poem "Horses Graze," why does the speaker admire horses?
Because they are not worried about the concerns of others and they don't long to be somewhere else.
300
Why doesn't the speaker like the person in the stone?
Because he is suffering.
300
What does the speaker think the woman’s “fluttering eyelids” are a sign of?
That she believes the two of them should be together
300
What kinds of words does the author capitalize to give importance to it?
Nature
300
Why does the speaker feel guilty?
Because he did not appreciate what his father did for him.
300
Which poet based poems on her neighbors?
Gwendolyn Brooks
400
What does the speaker do with the stone?
He throws it in the ocean.
400
What does the speaker mean when he says “my blood approves”?
He is referring to his feelings
400
Why does the speaker repeat the line “I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow”?
To emphasize the deliberate nature of how he chooses to live his life.
400
What does the speaker feel when he looks back on his relationship with his father?
Regret.
400
What is the poem "Fire and Ice" about?
The end of the world.
500
Where do the creatures actually exist?
In the speaker's imagination.
500
What can we infer the speaker believes about death?
It is final
500
Who wrote this poem?
Theodore Roethke
500
What word does the speaker use to describe the cold?
Blueblack
500
In the poem "Fire and Ice," what do each represent?
Fire = desire, hate = hate
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