A Noiseless Patient Spider Flash Cards

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What type of poems are "A Noiseless, Patient Spider" and "Beat! Beat! Drums!"?

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Free Verse

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What is the tone of “A Noiseless Patient Spider”?

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Thoughtful and introspective

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How is the speaker like the spider in “A Noiseless Patient Spider”?

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is looking for a connection

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In “A Noiseless Patient Spider,” what two things does Whitman compare?

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A spider and a soul

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What is the theme of "A Noiseless Patient Spider"?

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Isolation and connection

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Which literary device is used in "A Noiseless Patient Spider"?

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Metaphor

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What does the spider represent in "A Noiseless Patient Spider"?

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A human soul

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What is the structure of "A Noiseless Patient Spider"?

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Free verse

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Imagery in "A Noiseless Patient Spider"

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Sparse and focused

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What does the spider do in the poem?

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Spinning a web