Languages-Carl Sandburg 4-5

The details used to describe Language are used to-

• A) make the reader feel like languages are dying
• B) to compare languages to moving valleys
• C) to say that language is old
• None of the above

Why did the author use figurative language in line 4 of this poem?

• A) to show that languages are rivers
• B) to explain why languages exist
• C) to compare language being like a river
• D) ALL OF the ABove 

Which line best communicates the speaker's feelings?

• A) LINe 4
• B) line 12
• C) Line 1
• D) LiNE 5

The poet reveals the speakers feelings mainly by saying -

• 'THERE are no hands upon language'
•  'Languages die like rivers'
• ' It is a river , this language'
• ALL OF THE ABOVE!!

In stanza 2 why do they say ''languages die like rivers''.

• they are saying the same thing
• a language is a river
• rivers sometimes run dry, and sometimes you forget your language 
• all the above

what simile did they use in the poem

• languages die like rivers 
• rivers die like languages 
• my language is like the sea
• none of they above