Who is the poet of this poem?
To learn how to speak- Jeremy Cronin

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Jeremy Cronin
Sipho Sepamla
Mark Strand
2.
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In line 2, the poet refers to the ‘voices’ of the land. Identify the figure of speech.
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Pun
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Explain the meaning of the personification in the poem.
Land cannot literally speak. Cronin means that he
wants to understand the people who live there and their languages.
People are reluctant to understand one another, nature comprehends language better
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The poem is an example of:
An extended metaphor compares two things over more than one line in the poem.
A hyperbole- deliberate exaggeration
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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There is not a single complete sentence in this poem. Why not?
Free verse
Language is always changing- not fixed
There are no capital letters
No punctuation
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Lack/ no punctuation in the poem
Enjambment
Sonnet
Elegy
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the message/theme of the poem?
Life is unfair
Language is not diverse
Learning to speak in a similar language- to understand one another
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