1. Identify two examples of personification: explain what is being personified in each example. 1
2. Identify two examples of metaphor: explain which two things are being compared in each
example
3. Find two examples of alliteration. List the alliterative words.
4. What tone does the speaker use in these poems? How does the speaker feel about the
subjects of these poems? Use evidence from the text to explain your answer.
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5. What does the speaker mean by the following lines from XXI, "He knew no more that he was
poor,
Nor that his frame was dust." Why is the man unaware that he is poor? What is meant by “dust
frame"?
6. Compare and contrast these two poems. How are they similar and different?

What ideal of imagist poetry is best reflected in this poem by ezra pound in which he compares a crowded metro station to a flowering tree branch? in a station of the metro the apparition of these faces in the crowd; petals on a wet, black bough. a. poetry should be about urban subjects and ideas. b. old poetry should be rewritten in a modern style. c. poets should be able to describe ordinary subjects in new ways. d. poets should write about new subjects with conventional techniques.

What can be inferred about the cyclops in this excerpt from homer’s odyssey?

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these