Forest
Introduction to Poetry
For Bartleby the Scrivener
On Turning Ten
100
Where did Billy Collins get his Bachelor's Degree?
What is Holy Cross College.
100
Who is the speaker speaking to in the poem?
What is his students.
100
What is the main literary device used in this poem?
What is apostrophe.
100
What is the main attitude of the speaker?
What is solemn and melancholic.
200
What is the diction and point of view of the poems used in the presentation?
What is free verse and first person point of view.
200
In addition to being a poet, what other job has Collins held?
What is an English teacher.
200
What is the attitude(s) of the speaker?
What is sincerity/pity.
200
What does the speaker mainly compare turning the age of ten to?
What is sickness/illness.
300
When was Billy Collins born?
What is March 22, 1941.
300
What is the original attitude of the speaker?
What is didactic.
300
What does Bartleby refuse to do in his original story?
What is refuse to do his job and refuse to leave his office.
300
Which poem is this poem alluding to?
What is “On His Being Arrived to the Age of Twenty-Three.”
400
What are the main subjects of Billy Collins' poems?
What is everyday events or occurrences.
400
What did Collins not want his students to do with poetry?
What is over-analyze.
400
What is the lake in the poem a metaphor for?
What is life.
400
When does the main shift of the poem occur?
What is the third stanza.
500
Which poets has Billy Collins alluded to during this presentation?
What is Emily Dickinson and John Milton.
500
What is a theme of the poem?
What is analyzing poetry is a positive experience OR over-analyzing poetry can be a bad thing.
500
When Bartleby joins another group of people on the lake, where are they going?
What is nowhere/backwards.
500
What is the main cause of irony in this poem?
What is the child thinks he is much older than he actually is.
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