Poetry & Themes Quiz -Block 2

"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
The extended metaphor of "two roads diverged in a yellow wood," means...

• all the bad choices he made
• the two equal choices in his life
• the good choices he's made
• his wrong path in life 

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What does the line below infer about the traveller's choice in the poem, "The Road Not Taken?" 
"Yet knowing how way leads on to way/I doubted if I should ever come back."

• he regrets his choices 
• he made the right choice
• once a choice is made, you can always correct it 
• once a choice is made, you cannot take it back

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"Hope" by Emily Dickinson 
The metaphor, "Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul./And never stops at all." reveals that hope...

• flies and is free 
• is always in us-never stopping 
• hope can cost you your life
• everyone is not hopeful 

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"The Rose that Grew from Concrete" by Tupac Shakur
How does the personification of the rose impact the theme?

• shows that anyone can get through obstacles and keep their dreams
• anyone can be a rose 
• everyone can treat others right
• not everyone can accomplish their goals 

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"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" William Wordsworth
Describe the difference in the mood of the speaker between the beginning of the poem and the end of the poem.

• he is happy & then the daffodils leave so he is sad
• he is sad all throughout the poem
• he is happy all throughout the poem
• he is lonely & sad but he thinks of the daffodils and gets happy 

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"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost
 
What is the significance of the allusion of "Eden" from  the "Garden of Eden?" 

• like the "Garden of Eden" nothing stays perfect or long
• like the "Garden of Eden" things stay perfect 
• like "Garden of Eden" life is full of sin
• like the "Garden of Eden" things are unfair

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"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost
Why does the author compare "Nature's first green" to "gold?" 

• spring is beautiful like gold 
• spring is a pretty color 
• spring comes only once a year and doesn't last long
• spring is nature and so is gold

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"Hope" by Emily Dickinson 
The metaphor, "Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul./And never stops at all." reveals that hope...

• flies and is free 
• is always in us-never stopping 
• hope can cost you your life
• everyone is not hopeful 

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