Lesson 8 Symbols

Multiple Choice

Why do poets often use symbolism in their poems?

• To make their poems longer

• To help readers visualize scenes

• To express deeper meanings and emotions

• To follow poetry rules

Student Pick #1

I never expected all this

The hurt that was bound to come

But the pain got too heavy to lift

So to cope with it all I just numb

And my only escape is my thoughts

Of a home that I'm missing so much

It feels like I'm floating around

But my anchor is still touching the ground

Chorus

Hold me close

I don't know where I'd be without you

Hold me close

I don't know where I'd be without you

Hold me close (Hold me)

I don't know where I'd be without you

(Hold me, I don't know where I'd be without you)

Hold me close (Hold me)

I don't where I'd be without you (I

Do everything I can be without you)

Chorus

Chorus

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Brennen Lee Henson / Daniel Brock Read

Hold Me lyrics © Dan Read Publishing

Hold Me

By Brennen Henson 2019

The pain, it got so much to take

So I'm packing my feelings away

My heart, it just can't take the weight

Suppressed 'til I don't feel a thing

I broke down in my car today

For the seventh time this week, it's only wednesday

There's 17 bucks in my bank

I'm scared 'cause I got bills to pay

My mother, she keeps calling me

She's asking if I'm suffering

But I just keep faking okay

My dad, he knows me best

I know he sees that I'm a mess

He just keeps on encouraging me

Chorus

This life is beautiful

It's messed up but beautiful

And I feel alone

But I know that home is holding me

And this world is broken

And hope feels foreign

Sometimes I feel alone

But I know that home is holding me

Multiple Choice

Which literary device is used when comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Symbol

• Literal

Multiple Choice

Which historical event is referenced in the poem 'O Captain! My Captain!' and how does it relate to the poem's symbolism?

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The assassination of Abraham Lincoln

• The end of the Civil War

• The Emancipation Proclamation

Multiple Select

Which of the following are symbols found in 'O Captain! My Captain!' by Walt Whitman?

• The captain

• The trip

• The bells

• The eagle