Comparing Poetry - Review

The poet's purpose in "Ode to enchanted light" is to

• praise or celebrate light.

• mourn the passage of time.

• tell a story of a walk in the woods.

• express a personal emotion.

"The world is / a glass overflowing / with water" is an example of...

• a simile.

• personification.

• hyperbole.

• a metaphor.

What image does Pablo Neruda create with the simile in lines 8-9, "drifting down like clean / white sand"?

• the play of light and shadow in the branches

• the brightness of the white light

• the way light falls down from the sky

• the reflection created by light on the leaves

The image in lines 10-11 of "Ode to enchanted light" ("A cicada sends / its sawing song") appeals to the sense of

• hearing.

• smell.

• taste.

• sight.

What does Pablo Neruda mean by saying "The world is / a glass overflowing / with water." (lines 13-15)?

• The world is made of more water than land.

• The wonder and beauty of nature are endless.

• Few people can understand what the world is made of.

• People should appreciate and protect the world's resources.

"She took me back so tenderly, arranging / her dark skirts, her pockets / full of lichens and seeds." This example of personification suggests the image of....

• the nearness of the stars

• feeling part of the kingdom of the insects

• sleeping in the lap of the earth

• the sound of the river washing over stones

Which of the following is an example of simile in "Sleeping in the Forest"?

• I slept / as never before, a stone

• drifting down like clean / white sand

• but my thoughts, and they floated / light as moths among the branches

• I heard the small kingdoms breathing

"I slept as never before, a stone / on a riverbed, nothing / between me and the white fire of the stars / but my thoughts, and they floated / light as moths among the branches..."

This imagery from "Sleeping in the Forest" suggests a feeling of

• restlessness.

• confusion.

• contentment.

• excitement.

From evidence in "Sleeping in the Forest," you can infer that

• nature soothes the speaker.

• stars frighten the speaker.

• the speaker is lonely.

• the speaker is homesick.

"Ode to enchanted light" and "Sleeping in the Forest" are alike in that they both

• have a distinct rhyme scheme.

• present a positive view of nature.

• show unusual events in nature.

• recount a personal experience.