Metaphor
What is the metaphor comparing the bird to?
A human
What is imagery?
Language that appeals to the senses.
What is theme?
A message about life or human nature that is shared with the reader.
What is stanza?
A group of consecutive lines that form a single unit.
What is mood?
The feeling/emotion created by a work.
What is a metaphor?
A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.
What did the words "sighted the distant horizon" and "sky-line encircled the sea"create?
It created the visual image of a point where the sky meets the sea.
What is the theme of "Your World"?
Life is what you make of it and if you set your dreams high you can reach them.
How many stanzas are in the poem?
3 stanzas
What is the mood created in "Your World"?
The mood is hopefulness and optimism.
What is the nest referring to?
The speakers home
What is an example of imagery in the poem?
"My wings pressed close to my side"
"Cradled my wings"
"Soared to the uttermost reaches"
What does the first stanza talk about in "Your World"?
It talks about "narrow nest".
What does the reader feel at the end of the poem?
The reader feels a sense of pride and appreciation for risk taking.
What is the extended metaphor?
Human life is much like the flight of a bird in that life is what you make of it.
What do the lines of imagery present?
Elements of the flight of birds and help to develop the idea that our human journey through life is very similar to that of a birds.
How do some lines in this poem suggest the theme of the poem?
They suggest that like birds humans should try to accomplish things and take risks.
What does the second stanza talk about?
The second stanza explains the bird considering the challenges and risk of possible flight.
What does the final line express when it states "With rapture, with power, with ease!"
It is especially hopeful and positive
What is a clue to the extended metaphor?
When the poem says, "In the narrowest nest".
What lines help to suggest the theme of this poem?
"I battered the cordons around me"
"Soared to the uttermost reaches/With Rapture, with power, with ease!"
What does the third stanza talk about?
The third stanza talks about how the bird decides to attempt the excursion and victory that was achieved.
At the end of the poem the reader should feel?
Optimistic about life.