Savvas Poetry

In “Sonnet, With Bird,” what event causes the speaker great sorrow?

• The death of the childhood friend he once visited.

• The death of his bird.

• The death of his parents.

• The loss of his job.

In “Fences,” what point is the poet making when the mother repeats, “It’s their beach. / It’s their beach”?

• It is sad to see poor people who don't feel they can use their own beach.

• It is unusual to see fences on the beach.

• It tells the story of children playing in the sand.

• It shows the difference between a lake beachfront and an ocean beachfront.

What is perspective?

• watching something from afar.

• how a person sees or perceives something

• learning how to do something

• teaching someone a skill

In “Sonnet, With Bird,” how does the speaker feel in his London hotel?

• happiness

• loneliness

• excitement

• joy

What is a way in which “Sonnet, With Bird” departs from traditional sonnet form?

• Its fourteen lines run together without line breaks.

• It has thirteen lines.

• Its fourteen lines with no theme.

• Its twelve lines that run together.

In “Fences,” what is the reason the poet uses the title “Fences”?

• To refer to the fences around his home.

• To make the reader think there are tall fences in the park.

• To show that there is a difference between the homes.

• To show the barrier between the tourists and the speaker and her family.

In “Sonnet, With Bird,” how do the speaker and his childhood friend feel when they meet again at the London pub?

• angry

• curious

• nervous

• happy

In “Elliptical,” who are the speakers, and about whom are they speaking?

• Society speaking to the upper class..

• Society speaking about their wealth.

• Society speaking about a group that they look down upon.

• Society speaking about laws and rules.

What do the details in this passage suggest are the reasons that the speaker associates quails with Indians?

"A gathering of quail is called a bevy. A gathering of Indians is called a tribe. When quails speak, they call it a song. When Indians sing, the air is heavy with grief. When quails grieve, they lie down next to their dead. When Indians die, the quail speaks."

• Both speak and both fly.

• Both live together in groups and both grieve when one dies.

• Both get along and both die.

• Both have leaders and both are kind.

What is a sonnet?

• four lines in a poem that rhyme

• a twelve-line poem that contains three line stanzas

• a poem with rhyme and is lyrical

• a fourteen-line poem that contains three four-line stanzas and final two-line stanza