Poetry EOG Review

Read the verse/stanza from Johnny Cash's "Hurt" below.

How do the speaker's feelings become clearer in the last verse/stanza of the lyrics?

If I could start again

A million miles away

I would keep myself

I would find a way

• He forgives his friend and his friend forgives him.

• He wishes he could start over, but he realizes it is too late.

• He wants to run away from his problems.

• He is going to run away and start over with his family.

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Read the stanza/verse below. How does the repeated question, "What have I become?" help develop the theme of the poem?

What have I become?

My sweetest friend

Everyone I know goes away

In the end

• The speaker realizes that his addiction has made him make bad decisions and he is regretful of his actions.

• The speaker's friend realizes that he is sorry for his actions and all is forgiven.

• The speaker is content about his feelings and the apology he has given to his friend.

• The speaker understands that he must try to make his family and friends happy from now on.

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How do the speaker's feelings become clear in the last verse of the song?

If I could start again

A million miles away

I would keep myself

I would find a way

• The speaker is not regretful for any of the choices he has made and feels like he is forgiven.

• The speaker's family is disappointed in him, but he states that they forgive him in the end.

• He is happy that he can have a fresh start in life and start his life over.

• He realizes that he cannot change what he has already done, but if he could, he would make better choices and stop addiction.

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What is the significance of the underlined figurative language below, describing the addiction as something to "Kill"?

The needle tears a hole

The old familiar sting

Try to kill it all away

But I remember everything

• The addiction is trying to kill the author

• The addiction will not kill the author

• The author is trying to "kill" his problems with addiction.

• The author tries to beg for forgiveness.

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Which literary device term demonstrates the comparison below?

The needle tears a hole

The old familiar sting

Try to kill it all away

But I remember everything

• comparing addiction to something the author loves

• comparing how author uses addiction to get rid of problems in life to an animal/person to kill

• comparing how the author's problems are like a person trying to kill him

• comparing how the author loves his addiction and uses it to get rid of his problems to an animal/person to kill

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Which choice best states the impact that the repeated phrase: "pack light" has on the reader?

Bag lady, you gon' hurt your back

Dragging all them bags like that

I guess nobody ever told you

All you must hold on to

Is you, is you, is you

One day all them bags gon' get in your way

One day all them bags gon' get in your way

I said one day all them bags gon' get in your way

One day all them bags gon' get in your way

So pack light

Pack light

Pack light

Pack light

• The repetition emphasizes the theme of overcoming obstacles.

• The repetition of the phrase highlights the theme of "treating people how you want to be treated."

• The repetition of the phrase highlights how the author has too many bags and she has to get rid of them.

• The repetition of the phrase highlights how the theme of "letting go" of the past mistakes and problems.

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How does the underlined phrase " Bag lady, you gon' miss your bus" help impact the theme of the song/poem?

Bag lady, you gon' miss your bus

You can't hurry up 'cause you got too much stuff

One day he gon' say, "You're crowding my space"

One day he gon' say, "You're crowding my space

• If you hold on to the past, you become a stronger person.

• If you hold on to the past, it makes you a better person because you learn.

• If you continue to hold on to the past/mistakes, you won't be able to see what your future has in store for you.

• You must hurry up and forgive others so you don't stop your future.

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Which of the following describes the effect of the literary device that the author uses below?

Bag lady, you gon' miss your bus

You can't hurry up 'cause you got too much stuff

One day he gon' say, "You're crowding my space"

One day he gon' say, "You're crowding my space"

• personification- showing how a bag can pull you down

• simile - comparing a bag to a weight that weighs you down like your past/mistakes

• hyperbole- showing how large this bag is the lady is carrying

• metaphor- showing how bags can be like your past/mistakes weighing you down

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Robert Frost (1874-1963) was one of the most popular and critically respected American poets in history. His poems frequently employ rural scenes from the New England countryside. 

"Nothing Gold Can Stay"

Nature’s first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

Which of the following best identifies the theme

of the poem?

• Life is brief, accept that nothing lasts forever.

• Love is unpredictable and unkind.

• Life is short, so try to live a perfect life.

• Nature is beautiful.

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Robert Frost (1874-1963) was one of the most popular and critically respected American poets in history. His poems frequently employ rural scenes from the New England countryside. 

"Nothing Gold Can Stay"

Nature’s first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

What does the color "gold" represent in the poem?

• The time in our lives goes by very quickly.

• The time in our lives is precious and short, but should be valued.

• Gold is beautiful and expensive.

• Expensive things like gold don't matter.

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