Poetic terms
About the Author
About the poem
100

What is word to describe a figure of speech in which the poet describes an abstraction, a thing, or a nonhuman form as if it were a person.

Personification

100

What was Tagore's nationality 

Bengali

100

True or False - The woman left behind a silver-mounted ivory walking stick

False - it was gold

200

A figure of speech composed of a striking exaggeration.

Hyperbole

200

What prize did he win?

Nobel Laureate for Literature

200

What is the title of the poem?

At the last watch

300

What is the poet’s attitude toward the poem’s speaker, reader, and subject matter, as interpreted by the reader. Often described as a “mood” that pervades the experience of reading the poem.

Tone

300

True or False - He was knighted?

True

300
True or False - The poem has regular stanza lengths?

False

400

As a figure of speech, it is a seemingly self-contradictory phrase or concept that illuminates a truth

Paradox

400

When was Rabindranath Tagore alive from?

1861-1941

400

What does the speaker receive from their loved one instead of love?

Pity