Poetry Terms
Recurring phrase or verse at the end of stanzas, each stanza ends with the same word.
What is a Refrain?
Anaphora used throughout the poem.
What poetry term is "Never Shall I Forget"?
The free Bird is in sky flying, while the caged bird instead learns to sing.
What is the major comparison between the Free Bird and the Caged Bird?
Langston Hughes.
Who is the author of this story?
Breakfast.
What meal does the eggs "fear most"?
An extended Metaphor
What is an comparison that extends over the course of multiple lines?
"the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke"
What is an example of Imagery in the poem?
The dreams of freedom for the caged bird is gone under, only wishing for revival.
What is the meaning of "grave of dreams"?
No crystal stair.
Life for them has been?
There was formerly a dozen, now there's 8, waiting...
How many eggs end up in the start then into the end of the story?
A deliberate rhetorical, grammatical, or rhythmic pause, break, cut, turn, division, or pivot in poetry.
What is a Caesura?
Scary, traumatizing.
What is the tone of the poem?
The bird only sings as in wish for freedom that they'll never get.
Describe the last line in the poem.
Perseverance.
What is the main virtue in this story?
They try to break part of themself to make them look unattractive, they've prayed for it to be the milk.
What does the eggs do throughout the story.
An internal Rhyme
What is a rhyme that occurs in a single line of verse, or between internal phrases on multiple lines.
The smoke, the flames, and nocturnal silence.
What is three things Wiesel will never forget?
The comparison to freedom of the free Bird to the caged bird.
What does lines 24-30 compare?
Tacks, splinters, boards torn up, places with no carpet.
What was the stairs they've been climbing on?
They exaggerated it, gave personification, mainly giving it Horror vibes using figurative language.
How did the author turn simple things into a horror poem?
The variation of the sonnet form that Shakespeare used, that was made of three quatrains and a couplet, while a normal sonnet just has 14 lines usually in the iambic pentameter, the rhyme scheme is usually different.
What is the difference between a Shakespearean Sonnet between a normal Sonnet?
Hungary, invaded by Germany in March 1944 despite being an ally.
What country did Wiesel live in?
"The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom."
What repetition presents the wish of freedom?
Landings and corners.
What have they been reaching and turning?
Merengues, omelettes, and egg salad sandwiches.
What do they call Dozen destroyers?