Poems of Dead Poet's Society

Who is the intended audience of "To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time?"

• Innocent, young individuals

• A young passionate lover

• A group of newly blooming flowers

• Britain's army before fighting France

The following line from "To the Virgins is an example of which literary term?

“And this same flower that smiles today”

• Simile

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

The line “when youth and blood are warmer” probably means

• When you are young, your blood is warmer.

• Dead people are cold, unlike the living who are warm.

• Young people are healthy and farther from death.

• Young people are often together, thus producing more body heat.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

The "To the Virgins" poet suggests that

• Youth is the best time of life, and the older you get, the worse the times.

• As you mature, life is harder but more rewarding.

• You will learn to appreciate your life later on.

• All of the above.

In "O Captain! My Captain!", the ship represents

• the Civil War
• the southern states
• The United States of America
• Slavery

In "O Captain! My Captain!", the captain is

• Walt Whitman
• Abraham Lincoln
• the Union general
• the Confederate general

In "O Captain! My Captain!", the "fearful trip" represents

• The United States
• the southern states
• the battles fought
• the Civil War

In "O Captain! My Captain!", the ship returning to port represents

• the end of the Civil War
• the end of slavery
• the death of Abraham Lincoln
• the relief of the American people

In this "O Me! O Life!" line, "of cities fill’d with the foolish". what device is being used?

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopeia

• assonance

What is the message or theme of Whitman's "O Me! O Life!"?

• Life is not too hard

• Some people live a very sad life.

• We contribute to humanity by simply being alive

• Think about yourself before others.