Biography
Literary Devices
Analysis
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What year was Anne Sexton born?
1928
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"as black as a hook" is which literary device?
Simile
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What is the theme of the poem?
Anger
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Where was Anne Sexton born?
Newton, Massachusetts
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Stanzas 5 & 6 are examples of?
Repetition
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The poem "After Auschwitz" is a direct response to which war?
World War II
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What condition did Anne Sexton deal with?
Mental illness
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"Man is a bird full of mud" is an example of which literary device?
Metaphor
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What is Anne Sexton saying when she says that humanity is a "flower that should be burned"?
Showing the corruption of humanity
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How did Anne Sexton die?
Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning
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The vivid description of the baby in the frying pan in the first stanza in an example of which literary device?
Imagery
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What is Anne Sexton trying to express when she uses the image of the baby in the frying pan in the first stanza?
Expresses a disgusted feeling towards the regularity and routine death at Auschwitz
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What award did Anne Sexton receive for "Live or Die"?
Pulitzer prize
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When is alliteration used in the poem?
The title "After Auschwitz" and the first line "Anger"
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Which Judeo-Christian belief does Anne Sexton reference in the 5th and 6th stanzas?
Creation and original sin
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