"Five A/.M." "Five Flights Up" Questions

In the first stanza (lines 1-8) of “Five A.M.”, the poet often utilizes which of the following?

I. Enjambment

II. Alliteration

III. Anaphora

• I only

• I and II

• II and III

• III only

• I, II and III

After the first stanza of “Five A.M.”, the tone shifts from

• Observant to pensive

• Serene to derisive

• Awestruck to callous

• Sentimental to concerned

• Pragmatic to philosophical

Stafford’s inclusion of various sensory details in “Five A.M.” serves to do all of the following except

• Allow reader to experience the same feelings as the speaker

• Provide insight to the speaker’s feelings towards the morning

• Create a visual depiction of the setting the speaker is describing for the reader

• Create an atmosphere of apprehension of the morning

• Emphasize the details of the morning that the speaker encounters

In “Five Flights Up”, how does the description of the morning in Line 10 differ from the rest of the poem?

• A broad description is used as opposed to detailed imagery

• Sensory details are used to paint a detailed picture of the morning

• Alliteration is used to add emphasis to the speaker’s feelings towards the morning

• The morning is positively connotated as opposed to negative connotations

• The morning is expressed as an insignificant part of one’s day

In William Stafford’s “Five A.M” and Elizabeth Bishop's “Five Flights Up” morning is the subject of both poems. How do the authors’ attitudes differ toward morning?

• Stafford is optimistic for the day while Bishop is dreadful of the future

• Stafford is cautious of the future while Bishop is focused on her current surroundings

• Stafford is bored with his routine while Bishop is excited

• Stafford is irritated while Bishop is apprehensive of what is to come

• Stafford is pessimistic while Bishop is annoyed with the neighbor’s dog

All of the following literary devices are included in the poem “Five Flights Up” EXCEPT?

• Denotation

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Shift

In “Five Flights Up”, what is the significance of the shift from present to past tense in line 25 and back to present again in line 26?

• To express the idea that yesterday is a continuation of today; that nothing changes in the morning, and whatever happened yesterday is the same thing that can happen today

• To give the reader a better understanding of how much time has passed in the poem

• To signify a the change the narrator has undergone

• To emphasize the shift from third person to first person

Stafford and Bishop are similar in their writing in that they both

I. Introduce themes of light and dark

II. Include details of minute aspects of the morning

III. Have no particular rhyme scheme

• III only

• I only

• II and III

• II only

• I, II, and III

In “Five Flights Up” the title is significant because

• Stairs symbolize a difficult journey.

• She is climbing the stairs of her apartment

• Her journey is as mundane as going upstairs

• She has a long road ahead of her

In “Five A.M.” what is the significance of the rain described in line 16, “Rain touches my face”?

• To foreshadow a darkness coming up at the end of his walk

• To create a melancholy atmosphere to show his feelings about the morning

• It washes away his disdain for nature at early hours

• To represent renewal and to reiterate his personal connection with nature on his walk