Prose Poetry

"Freedom to Breathe" was written by

• William Shakespeare.

• John Donne.

• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

What type of poetry is "Freedom to Breathe"?

• sonnet

• prose poetry

• verse poetry

"I cease to hear the motorcycles backfiring, radios whining, the burble of loudspeakers" refers to

• sounds the writer heard in the streets of Russia.

• unpleasant sounds the writer heard in prison and labor camps.

_______________ is defined as artfully compressed thought in the form of elevated expression.

• fiction

• poetry

• short story

Choose two of the following that are characteristic of prose poetry.

• is usually put to music and sung

• uses sensory images and sound

• has no meter

• uses various types of rhyme

The theme of "Freedom to Breathe" is

• life without walls.

• prison life.

• freedom.

(Choose the 2 correct answers.) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the writer of the poem

• was arrested for espionage during WWII.

• began to write while he was in exile.

• was arrested for criticizing the policies of Joseph Stalin.

• wrote Russian propaganda.

What "single most precious freedom" does the poet say that prison takes from the individual?

• the freedom to breathe and live freely

• the freedom to speak out against injustice

"No matter that this is only a tiny garden, hemmed in by five-story houses like cages in a zoo" contains what two literary elements?

• simile and irony

• onomatopoeia and personification

Which images are described in the following quote from "Freedom to Breathe"?

"I stand under an apple tree in blossom and I breathe. Not only the apple tree but the grass round it glistens with moisture; words cannot describe the sweet fragrance that pervades the air."

• sight and smell

• taste and touch