Poetry Collection II Exit Ticket: Figurative Language

In “Cloudy Day,” where is the speaker as he expresses his

thoughts?

• on a ship

• in a prison

• in a farmhouse

• at an unknown location

How does the overall feeling expressed in “Cloudy Day” change

most clearly from the beginning of the poem to the final lines?

• The feeling changes from one of desolation to one of hope.

• The feeling changes from one of uncertainty to one of fear.

• The feeling changes from one of relief to one of restlessness.

• The feeling changes from one of anticipation to one of anxiety.

At the end of “Cloudy Day,” what does the speaker say that he has

learned?

• that he can still love

• that he has suffered

• that he can never be free

• that he has always been alone

Which sentence best states of one of the central ideas of

“Cloudy Day”?

• Some people cannot overcome the hardships they face.

• Life is not fair, and the best people can hope for is to survive.

• Many people seem never to be touched by hardship or suffering.

• No matter how bad our lives become, we can endure and find goodness.

Which excerpt from the poem best supports the central idea of "Cloudy Day"??

• In the exercise yard / we sat huddled in our prison jackets, / on our

  haunches against the fence. . . .

• I could see the main tower from where I sat, / and the wind in my face /

  gave me the feeling I could grasp / the tower like a cornstalk. . . .

• The brim girded with barbwire / with a guard sitting there also, /

  listening intently to the sounds / as clouds cover the sun.

• Even as the earth shakes and trembles, / and I have not a thing to my

  name, / I feel as if I have everything, everything.