Unraveling the Depths of Verse

1. Who do you think the word “You” referring to? Why? (5 pts.)

1. What is the theme of the poem?

2. What is the attitude of the author in the poem Until I Found You?

3. What is the tone and mood of the poem Until I Found You?

4. Which lines from the poem Until I Found You are examples of similes?

Answer explanation

When I feel blue like the lonely moon.

I feel cold like a shivering stone.

Slowly walking like a rusty snail.

Free me like a bird that soars above the skies.

Can’t bear, can’t feel, standing still like an old oak tree.

My body is weak and light as a feather.

I cried and cried like a new-born child.

Still, I feel light but bright, like receiving a new life.

5. Which lines from the poem Until I Found You are examples of personification?

Answer explanation

I can hear the screaming silence within me.

I guess the only friend I have is pain.

As I feel a gentle breeze touching my fingertips.

Look around; colours are singing, and looking at me.

6. Which lines from the poem Until I Found You are examples of hyperboles?

Answer explanation

I scream as loud as ten thousand bombs.

Tears ran down and watered the dying land.

I left and walked a million miles away from you.

7. To whom did the author addressed the poem?

Why? (3 pts.)

9. What is the message of the poem Until I Found You? (5 pts.)