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WorksheetsThe Three Fates
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
There is a sense that the reader is left to draw their own conclusion about the moral of the poem
True
Falsw
What narrative voice is used
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
This poem takes the form of
Tercets (3 line stanzas)
Quatrain (4 line stanzas)
Couplet (2 line stanzas)
This poem begins and end at the river, this reflects
How the protagonist is condemned to repeat his life
How water is a main theme in the poem
That the poem was written by a river
Repeating his life alongside his immortality, produces the effect of a
Simile
Juxtaposition
Metaphor
A quick succession of verb phrases (came up like a cork, put on his clothes, returned to the house) reflects
The speed and repetitiveness of his reverse life
The environment of the poem
How the writer didn't want to use long sentences
The Three Fates are figures from
Greek mythology
Othello by Shakespeare
Roman mythology
According to mythology the Three Fates have the power to
Control when and how we will fall in love
Control where we are born
Control human destiny - how long we will live and how we will die
'He came up like a cork' is an example of a
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
'From the end backward......brush away tears that have not yet fallen......watch his loved one grow younger......it began all over'. These examples from the poem contribute to the tone of
Sadness
Enjoyment
Pathos
Reluctance
