Sympathy

Which of the following is a Simile?

• “When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass.”

• “the river flows like the streams of glass”

Which of the following options best explains the title 'Sympathy'?

• The speaker shares the caged bird's desire for freedom.

• The speaker believes it is cruel to keep birds as pets.

The poem is a ———-.

• Metaphor

• Simile

The bird has old, old scars because

• It has been trapped in the cage for a long, long time.

• It has not been cared for properly.

What kind of song does the caged bird sing?

• Prayer to heaven for deliverance

• Carol

The poem ‘Sympathy’ is written by——

• William Makepeace Thackeray

• Paul Laurence Dunbar

Identify the figure of speech.

‘ It is not a carol of joy or glee’

• Tautology

• Metaphor

Identify the figure of speech.

And the faint perfume from its chalice steals”

• Metaphor

• Tautology

Explain the line “When he fain would be on the bough a swing”

• the bird would prefer to be swinging on a branch of a tree.

• The bird is pretending to be swinging on a bough

From the caged bird's point of view, what does the world outside the cage represent?

• spring

• freedom