The Writer by Richard Wilbur

Who wrote "The Writer"?

• Richard Wilbur
• Emily Dickinson
• Robert Frost
• Theodor Seuss Geisel

Who is the narrator of the The Writer by Richard Wilbur?

• The daughter

• The house

• The father

• The mother

What is the poem about?

• The father's frustration over his daughter spending so much time in her room.

• The father's frustration at the daughter's inability to write.

• The father's appreciation of his daughter's perseverance with her writing.

• The father's appreciation of a beautiful starling that was trapped in his daughter's room.

What does the father wish for his daughter?

• "a smooth course"
• "a stillness"
• "a lucky passage"
• "the wits to try it again"

What does the father mean by his wish of a "lucky passage"?

• That she have a save trip

• That her writing about herself not be too heavy on her

• That she has a great life

• That her typewriter does not break while writing

What literary technique is used in the line describing the sound of the girl typing?
 "Like a chain hauled over a gunwale."

• synecdoche
• metaphor
• simile
• consonance 

What is a starling?

• a young celebrity
• a bird
• a meteor
• a typewriter part

What poetic form is The Writer written in?

• sonnet

• ballad

• free verse

• cinquain

What type of figurative language does the poet use throughout the poem?

• simile

• extended metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

What words demonstrate the extended metaphor in the first half of the poem?

• gunwale, cargo, passage

• windows, door, stairwell