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Poetry: Poems By Sylvia Plath And Adelaide Crapsey 2

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"God's World" by Edna St. Vincent Millay Which statement best reflects Millay's attitude toward the seasons?
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B. Millay finds beauty in the autumn world but resents the rebirth of spring because she sees death and sorrow everywhere.
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"Listening to Her Practice: My Middle Daughter m, on the Edge of Adolescence, Learns to Play the Saxophone" by Barbara Cooker. Which line from the poem illustrates a simile?
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B. "She's gone from sounding like the smoke detector"
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Read the excerpt below from the poem "Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and complete the instruction that follows. Examine lines 16 through 18 and select the answer that describes the poetic technique used there.
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D. Enjambment
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"Spring" by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Which lines from the poem above illustrate personification?
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A. "April/Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers."
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Which phrase best describes Plath's technique in her poem "Edge"?
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A. The use of largely figurative language.
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"God's World" by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Which statement about Millay's techniques in these poems is true?
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D. All of the statements are true.
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Read the excerpt below from the poem "Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and answer the question that follows. In this poem, Tennyson refers to both Ulysses and Achilles. What is this technique called in literature?
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B. Allusion
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Both Crapsey's and Plath's poems address the theme of___________.
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C. Death
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"God's World" by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Which line from the poem above illustrates alliteration?
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"To lift the lean of that black bluff!"
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"Feet seen to be saying: We have come so far, it is over." What poetic technique do these lines from Plath's poem "Edge" illustrates?
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D. Personification
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Which line from the poem "To the Dead in the Graveyard Underneath My Window" illustrates apostrophe?
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D. "Oh, have you no rebellion in your bones?"
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"Spring" by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Which excerpt illustrates the use of alliteration in this poem?
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C. "You can no longer quiet me with the redness/Of little leaves opening stickily."
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Which of the following illustrates how word choice can create a negative mood?
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B. The use of "decay" rather than "weaken"