Quotes
"I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he;
I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three;"
"How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix"
Deacon
"The Deacon's Masterpiece"
What literary term is illustrated in this poetic line?
"His hair was like moldy hay"
Simile
What does Fame wear?
Cloth of gold
"Tlot-tlot, in the frosty silence! Tlot-tlot in the echoing night! Nearer he came and nearer! Her face was like a light!"
"The Highwayman"
Mother
"The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver"
What literary term is illustrated in this poetic line?
"The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees"
Metaphor
What will you build in Innisfree?
A small cabin
"I'll chafe your little bones while you take a nap."
"The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver"
Innkeeper
"The Highwayman"
What literary term is illustrated in this poetic line?
"As the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast;"
Imagery
Margaret
"(This is a moral that runs at large; Take it. -- You're welcome. -- No extra charge.)"
"The Deacon's Masterpiece"
"Death of the Hired Man"
What literary term is illustrated in this poetic line?
"Tlot-tlot, tlot-tlot, in the distance? Were they deaf that they did not hear?"
Onomatopoeia
Why does Gitchee Gumee never give up her dead?
The water is too cold for bodies to decompose and float.
"He could find water with a hazel prong-- which showed how much good school had ever done him."
"The Death of the Hired Man"
Roland
"How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix"
What literary term is illustrated in this poetic line?
"There was death at every window; And hell at one dark window."
Personification
What do "worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie" refer to?
Death (the life cycle)