Midterm Exam Review

Front

What type of imagery is most prevalent throughout the poem? Options: Urban imagery, Rural imagery, Celestial imagery, Industrial imagery

Back

Rural imagery

Front

What literary device is used in the line 'To sell them off their feet and go in cars'?

Back

Personification

Front

Which literary device is used in the line 'The city had withdrawn into itself'?

Back

Personification

Front

What does the phrase 'houses all are churches and have spires' represent?

Back

Metaphor

Front

What type of contrast is established in the first stanza? (Options: Light vs. Dark, City vs. Country, Old vs. Young, Rich vs. Poor)

Back

City vs. Country

Front

What figure of speech is used in 'My woods—the young fir balsams like a place'?

Back

Simile

Front

How does Frost use enjambment in the poem?

Back

To continue thoughts across line breaks

Front

What type of irony is present in the speaker's initial response to the stranger?

Back

Verbal irony

Front

How does Frost use repetition in the poem?

Back

To emphasize key ideas

Front

What type of symbolism do the Christmas trees represent in the poem?

Back

Nature's beauty