Icarus's Flight review

Which best describes the message of the poem?

• Icarus always flew too far.

• Icarus flew too high to purposely defy his father

• Icarus was forced to fly too high

• Icarus learned a lesson by flying too far.

How does the poet use language to create the tone of the poem?

• He uses exciting language to set a fierce tone.

• He uses reasoning language to set a thoughtful tone.

• He uses sad language to set a disappointed tone.

• He uses proper language to set an unbothered tone

What is the theme of the poem Icarus's Flight?

• Freedom comes with limits

• Destiny is unavoidable

• Fear should be ignored

• Wisdom comes with freedom

What mood does the words "liberty" and "freedom" create in the poem Icarus's Flight?

• frightening

• serious

• cautious

• careless

In the first line of the poem, "What else could the boy have done? What best describes the purpose of starting the poem this way?

• He wants to show sympathy for Icarus

• He wants to express that Icarus is young

• He wants to criticize Icarus

• He wants to show that Icarus doesn't know what he's doing

"He now had his answer,
laws to uphold him in his downward plunge"

What word best describes the word plunge?

• Neutral

• Positive

• Negative

• Emotional

The poet begins a sentence at the end of each stanza and does not finish it until the first line of the next stanza,

Which statement best describes why the poet uses this structure?

• He uses it to maintain the flow of the poem and the feeling of being drawn downward.

• He uses it to make the reader think about what is happening in each stanza.

• He uses it to make the reader go back and read the previous stanza

• He uses it to change the rhythm of ideas throughout the poem.

Which phrase reflects the poet’s purpose in writing the poem?

• To convince the reader that Icarus was young

• to compare wisdom and freedom

• To retell the myth of Icarus

• to question the lesson in the myth of Icarus

What else could the boy have done?

But how could he appreciate his freedom without knowing the exact point where freedom stopped?

Would it have been better to flutter ignorantly from petal to petal within some garden forever?

Should it matter that neither shepherd nor farmer with his plow watched him fall?

Why does the author put a question marks before the end of each line?

• to create a random line break

• to make the reader pause

• to strengthen the meaning of the line

• to express a strong feeling

What happens at the beginning of the poem?

• Icarus flights to escape

• Icarus appreciates the freedom after he loses it

• Icarus learns that taking risks comes with rewards and costs

• Icarus flies too high and his wings melt