Reading Comprehension: "Fire-Flowers"
Refer to the poem, "Fire-Flowers."
The poet uses positive words such as "sweet" and "beautiful" throughout the poem. This is an example of?
Diction
"But the sun its face is veiling like a cloistered nun at vespers"
Simile
Refer to the poem, "Silhouette."
To what/ whom does the title refer?
The Indian Chief
Word choice which helps authors establish mood and tone
Diction
Because I could not stop for Death—
He kindly stopped for me—.
Personification
Refer to the poem, "Fire-Flowers."
The line: "A sweet wild flower lifts its purple head" represents which mood
Hope
Optimism
"And the Inlet and the Narrows blur beneath the smoke's silent fingers"
Personification
Refer to the poem, "Silhouette."
Why is the chief starving?
The buffalo heards no longer arrive
The imitation of sounds by words either directly or suggestively
Onomatopoeia
What is the rhyme scheme:
Ah! but they hated him, those Huron braves,
Him who had flung their warriors into graves,
Him who had crushed them underneath his heel
Whose arm was iron, and whose heart was steel
To all--save me, Ojistoh, chosen wife
Of my great Mohawk, white star of his life.
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What is a theme for this poem?
Answers will vary
Life brings about many challenges, but with determination, you can perservere (get through it)
Life can leave you with physical and mental scars that may not heal, but you can overcome these obstacles
Beauty can arise from disaster
What is the rhyme scheme:
And only where the forest fires have sped,
Scorching relentlessly the cool north lands,
A sweet wild flower lifts its purple head,
And, like some gentle spirit sorrow-fed,
It hides the scars with almost human hands.
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Refer to the pome, "Silhouette."
What is the tone of the poem?
Melancholy
Sadness
Sorrow
Mournful
When the lines of poetry continue on without a paue or punctuation
Enjambment
"My hands all wet, stained with a life's red dye."
What could "life's red dye" be?
Blood
What could the fire flowers symbolize?
Answers will vary
People who have faced struggles in life
Hope
Determination
Humans
Alone, alone, all, all alone.
Alone on a wide, wide sea.
Repetition
(Also alliteration, but repetition is the better answer)
Refer to the poem, "Silhouette."
In the last stanza, why do the bones and skeletons cry out?
Answers will vary
When an object or color is used to represent something abstract
Symbolism
Saying "I've got to go to the ladies room" versus "I have to go pee" is an example of
Euphemism
The title "Fire- Flower" is an example of both:
Alliteration and Metaphor
Which literary device is used:
"With eyes that lost their lustre long ago"
Alliteration
Refer to the poem, "Silhouette"
What two devices are used:
"A wreath of smoke curls up the far, thin air"
Metaphor: Wreath of smoke
Personification: Smoke curls up
Idiom: Thin air
A polite way of saying something that could be considered impolite
Euphemism
Who wrote "The Raven"
Edgar Allan Poe