Analyzing Poetic Devices and Perspectives

The speaker of the poem, "Maple Sugaring".....

• is delighted her aunt wants to teach her new recipes

• the speaker is annoyed at her aunt

• the speaker is embarrassed that her aunt is giving her all that attention

• is happy she gets to see her cousins

"And I feel as big as trees must feel, when they all sing together in spring"

This line is an example of what figurative language device:

What point of view is the poem Maple Sugaring written from?

• third person past present

• second person

• first person

• third person

The line, "tip birchbark basket into a bucket" from the poem is an example of what poetic device

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Imagery

A figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

What style is the poem "Maple Sugaring" written in?

• couplet

• sonnet

• rhyme

• free verse

What point of view is the poem, "The Latin Deli: Ars Poetica" written in?

• third person

• second person

• first person

• first person past present

"the hunger of the fragile old man lost in the folds of his winter coat, who brings her lists of items that he reads to her like poetry". These lines are an example of a .....

• metaphor

• simile

• personifcation

• imagery

The following lines are an example of what figurative language device- "from places that now exist only in their hearts— closed ports she must trade with"

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

"the heady mix of smells from the open bins of dried codfish, the green plantains hanging in stalks like votive offerings". These lines are an example of what poetic device?