"Making a Fist"
What is the setting in the first two stanzas of "Making a Fist?"
A childhood car trip
Describe the speaker of "Eating Alone."
A young man describing his present and recent past.
What does the speaker in "I know I am but summer to your heart' say about her departure?
It is necessary.
What is the ultimate message of any poem, according to the speaker of "Poetry"?
Life is precious.
Who is the speaker of "Jazz Fantasia?"
What is the source of the poem's title?
The advice given to the speaker.
Who wears the apron in "The Floral Apron?"
The woman cutting the squid.
What is an example of personification from "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
"... too hot the eye of heaven shines,"
or
"Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,"
How does “Introduction to Poetry" explain the different ways to read a poem?
Through the imagery.
What action does the speaker of "Stopping by woods..." do at the beginning of the poem?
He stops to watch the snow falling in the woods.
What is the best description of the speaker's physical condition?
The speaker feels ill after traveling for a few days (carsick).
In the poem "The Floral Apron," the barbaric act to which the speaker refers is . . .
cutting the squid.
In "I know I am but summer to your heart," what do the lines "Else you will seek, at some not distant time, / Even your summer in another clime" mean?
The speaker's love will most likely find another love interest.
What is the speaker's attitude toward "them" in "Introduction to Poetry?"
Frustrated
What are the only two sounds the speaker hears in the woods?
The sound of the horse's bell and the falling snow.
To describe her feelings, the speaker compares her stomach to...
a melon.
In the poem “Eating Alone," what unites the cardinal, the hornet, and the speaker?
Solitude (they are all alone)
How does the speaker in "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" seem to feel about nature?
He sees it as unchanging and unreliable.
"I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide..." is an example of what figurative language?
Simile
To what does the speaker compare the sound of jazz music?
The moaning wind and the steamboat.
Determination and strength
What is the best description of the speaker's attitude toward the woman cutting the squid in "The Floral Apron"?
Respectful
In “I know I am but summer to your heart," which of the following best describes the speaker's attitude toward the future?
Uncertain but accepting/hopeful.
What type of figurative language is used in the following line:
"But all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it."
Personification
For the speaker of "Stopping by woods...", what do the woods represent?
Inner peace