Poem Structures
This poem is written in a single stanza of eight lines with a simple rhyme scheme.
Nothing Gold Can Stay
In “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” “Nature’s first green is gold” is an example of this device.
Metaphor or Symbol
childish
This prefix can mean "back" or "again"
re
Bam!
onomatopoeia
Pairs of lines that rhyme at the end, like found in "Nothing Gold Can Stay" are called this
couplets
“Good Hotdogs” uses sensory description of taste and smell, which is this literary device.
Imagery
The speaker in "Those Winter Sundays" fears the "chronic angers" of his house. The word "chronic" here means this.
repeated, constant or recurring
This prefix can mean "in" or "not"
in
She was as busy as a bee.
simile
This is the rhyme scheme for "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
a,a,b,b,c,c,d,d,
The phrase “put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, then with cracked hands that ached” is an example of this sound device.
Alliteration
These words in the first stanza of "Those Winter Sundays" provide the best clue about where the speaker's father worked.
weekday weather
This suffix means "the action or result of something"
ion
The trees danced in the wind.
personification
Identify two things Sandra Cisneros left out of "Good Hotdogs" so we could read it faster
punctuation and figurative language
(other options may also work here)
The Garden of Eden, alluded to in "Nothing Gold Can Stay" symbolizes (represents) this
paradise or perfection
"The store that smelled like steam" is not a simile because it is this
a literal comparison
This prefix means "through"
per
Words or phrases that appeal to the senses and help the reader paint a picture in their mind.
Imagery
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" uses this type of writing structure to create a pattern of losing cherished things such as spring and dawn.
parallel
When Frost says “Eden sank to grief” in“Nothing Gold Can Stay,” this is an example of…
allusion or personification
The repetition in the line "What did I know? What did I know of love's austere and lonely offices?" reveals what tone or feeling at the end of "Those Winter Sundays"?
regret
This prefix means "without" or "not"
a
The feelings or ideas associated with a word, as opposed to its literal, dictionary definition.
connotation