Figurative Language &
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor compares two objects/things without using the words "like" or "as".
A metaphor can also be an idea that isn't meant to be taken literally.
Who is the author/poet that wrote, "Nothing Gold Can Stay?"
Robert Frost
Define subsides:
go down to a lower or the normal level
become less
falls
Define PLOT:
the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work.
True or False; this poem is very, very long and goes on and on...
FALSE!
TRUE OR FALSE; the line “So dawn goes down to day” is an example of alliteration.
true; “So dawn goes down to day” -- There are two or more words starting with the same sound in the line: dawn, down, day.
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost?
AABBCCDD
Define hue:
a color or shade
Define THEME:
A literary theme is the main idea or underlying lesson or moral a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work.
Define MOOD in literature and poetry:
Mood is the general feeling or atmosphere or 'vibe' that a piece of writing creates within the reader.
Is line one, "Nature's first green is gold," a metaphor?
TRUE OR FALSE: there are 9 lines in the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost.
False; there are 8 lines, made up of rhyming couplets.
Define alliteration:
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Define CONFLICT:
The problem.
What does the shortness of this poem represent or symbolize? (Think theme!)
How nothing good/beautiful/valuable/precious/etc. stays forever.
What is an example of an allusion in this poem?
Line six: "So Eden sank to grief,"-- the speaker is alluding to/referencing/mentioning a well known story of Eden; also known as a biblical allusion.
What is a couplet?
Two lines of verse in a poem, usually in the same meter and joined by the same end rhyme.
Define personification:
Define SETTING:
Where AND when a story takes place.
True or False: There is a character(s) in the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost.
FALSE
What TWO types of figurative language/poetic devices are being exemplified in the following, line two:
"Her hardest hue to hold."
Personification & alliteration!
What is the theme of the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost?
Something along the lines of:
Nothing good or precious can last forever by using nature and The Garden of Eden as metaphors for cycles of life and death and the loss of innocence.
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” is about the fleeting nature of beauty, youth, and life itself. According to the poem, nothing “gold”—essentially nothing pure, precious, or beautiful—can last forever.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY DOUBLE THE POINTS
What season is the speaker referencing in line one?
Spring.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY DOUBLE POINTS
Which type of conflict is the ONLY internal conflict in literature?
Character verses Self.
What is being personified in line 1-5?
Mother Nature.