POETIC DEVICES

Robert Frost's poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” uses a Biblical ------- to the Garden of Eden to explore the impermanence of paradise.

"Frothy foam formed" is an example of....

• ALLUSION

• ALLITERATION

• IMAGERY

• CONFLICT

"The sun smiled down on me" is an example of...

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• HYPERBOLE

• PERSONIFICATION

"I WANT TO BE ALONE TOGETHER" is an example of...

• OXYMORON

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• SYMBOLISM

"We will rise from the golden hills of the West.

We will rise from the windswept Northeast where our forefathers first realized revolution.

We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities of the Midwestern states" is an example of...

• ALLUSION

• METAPHOR

• ANAPHORA

• HYPERBOLE

so much depends
          upon

          a red wheel
          barrow

          glazed with rain
          water

          beside the white
          chickens

is an example of...

"This bag weighs a ton" is an example of...

• METAPHOR

• HYPERBOLE

• ALLUSION

• REPETITION

"My grandmother had a heart of stone" is an example of...

• METAPHOR

• OXYMORON

• RHYME SCHEME

• ALLUSION

"You're AS quiet AS a mouse"

• METAPHOR

• ENJAMBMENT

• SYMBOLISM

• SIMILE

How many stanzas does this poem contain?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3