Poetry Analysis

Which of the following best describes the theme of "The Clock Man" poem?

• People care about time more as they get older.

• Children often feel like they will never get old.

• There’s nothing more important to people than staying young.

• People are afraid of death their entire lives.

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What does the clock man represent in the poem?

• death

• living forever

• time

• money

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How do the person's feelings about time change throughout "The Clock Man" poem?

• He values time more than he did as a child.

• He grows more negative about time as he ages.

• He is satisfied with the time he has left.

• He feels angry that he cannot buy any more time. He feels angry that he cannot buy any more time.

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How does the quote “‘Not one penny,’ the answer came, / ‘For my days are as many as smiles’” (Lines 3-4) contribute to the overall theme of "The Clock Man" poem?

• The child knows he cannot buy time.

• The child’s response shows that he is happy and doesn’t think about the length of life.

• The child has many reasons to be happy.

• The child's response shows that he does not have money to buy time.

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When reading "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost...

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

• ...we can infer that Frost is speaking about his own life experiences.

• ...Frost is telling us about a specific moment in his life.

• ...we know that Frost is describing a moment that he made up.

• ...the audience knows that the author is speaking metaphorically.

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature’s first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

What is Frost referring to in the phrase “Nature’s first green”?

• Money

• Rainy days

• Grass

• Young plants and flowers

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Nature’s first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

Which statement best describes the theme of this poem?

• Change is precious and exciting.

• Change will happen, and every moment is precious.

• Change should be feared and avoided.

• Change is boring and unnoteworthy.

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Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

What is Frost thinking about in this poem?

• Love

• Desire

• Hate

• The end of the world

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Fire and Ice

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

What comparison does Frost make to fire?

• Is it like death, because it ends everything.

• It is like hate, because it is raging and destructive.

• It is like the world, because it is everywhere.

• It is like desire, because it’s a consuming element.

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Did you hear about the rose that grew

from a crack in the concrete?

Proving nature’s laws wrong it

learned to walk without having feet.

Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams,

it learned to breathe fresh air.

Long live the rose that grew from concrete

when no one else ever cared.

What is the theme of the poem?

• People can overcome difficulties and succeed.

• All living things need support from others in order to grow.

• We must learn and grow from our failures.

• Flowers need fresh air to grow.

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