When I was one-and-twenty

How many themes does the poem have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

“ When I was one-and-twenty

I heard a wise man say,”

What sound of devices appears here?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

“Give crowns and pounds and guineas

But not your heart away;

What devices did the author use?

• Repetition

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Assonance

“Give crowns and pounds and guineas

But not your heart away”

- What devices did the author use to emphasize the wise man’s words?

• Polysyndeton

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

1. “Give crowns and pounds and guineas

But not your heart away;

Give pearls away and rubies

But keep your fancy free.”

- Why did the author use “pearls and rubies” in line 5 ?

• Because they’re material.

• Because they’re more valuable.

• Because they’re temptations.

• Because they’re his favorite things.

Did the speaker listen to the wise man’s 2^nd advice?

• Yes

• No

What advice was given by the wise man to the young man?

• Give away material riches and his heart.

• Love is for the rich, not the poor

• Material riches are important than the heart.

• Give away materials possession, not his heart, and soul.

What was the expression of the speaker when he realized the wise man’s words were right?

• Amazement

• Frighten

• Regret

• Depress

What are the figure of speech in the following two lines?

"Give pearls away and rubies

But keep your fancy free.”

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Synecdoche

• Metonymy

The theme of this poem can be found in which lines?

• “Give pearls away and rubies/But not your heart away.”

• “But I was one-and-twenty,/No use to talk to me.”

• “The heart out of the boson/Tis paid with sighs a plenty”

• “When I was one-and-twenty/I heard a wise man say .”