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Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 28mins
What is an allusion?
a comparison using like or as
an extreme exaggeration
brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
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Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
What is the effect of the allusion to the Garden of Eden*?
It creates imagery of a beautiful garden to help improve the poem.
It creates a juxtaposition between the paradise of Eden and Nature.
It changes the mood because Eden’s paradise is now closed to humans.
It doesn’t affect the poem.
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
What is Frost referring to in the phrase “Nature’s first green”?
Money
Rainy days
Grass
Young plants and flowers
What is a synonym for the word "hue"?
Leaf
Color
Feeling
Sunrise
What is the definition of alliteration?
repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are in close proximity to each other
comparison using like or as
word that makes the sound that it says
Giving something, nonhuman or an object, human characteristics.
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Which statement best describes the theme of this poem?
Change is precious and exciting.
Change will happen, and every moment is precious.
Change should be feared and avoided.
Change is boring and unnoteworthy.
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
What is Frost thinking about in this poem?
Love
Desire
Hate
The end of the world
Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
What comparison does Frost make to fire?
Is it like death, because it ends everything.
It is like hate, because it is raging and destructive.
It is like the world, because it is everywhere.
It is like desire, because it’s a consuming element.
What is the best synonym for “perish”?
Decide
Die
Battle
Win
When You Are Old
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
The underlined portion above is an example of
simile
metaphor
personification
alliteration
When You Are Old
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
The rhyme scheme is
ABCD ABCD ABCD
AABB CCDD EEFF
ABBA CDDC EFFE
ABAB CDCD EFEF
When You Are Old
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
The theme or message of "When You Are Old" is
When in old age, look back fondly on your past.
Old people are sleepy and slow.
Everyone has their dying day.
The past is full of terrifying memories.
At the End
by Ed Meek
He was so old his bones seemed to swim in his skin.
And when I took his hand to feel his pulse
I felt myself drawn in. It was as faint
as the steps of a child
padding across the floor in slippers,
and yet he was smiling.
I could almost hear a river
running beneath his breath.
The water clear and cold and deep.
He was ready and willing to wade on in.
The italicized red lines are an example of
simile
metaphor
personification
alliteration
At the End
by Ed Meek
He was so old his bones seemed to swim in his skin.
And when I took his hand to feel his pulse
I felt myself drawn in. It was as faint
as the steps of a child
padding across the floor in slippers,
and yet he was smiling.
I could almost hear a river
running beneath his breath.
The water clear and cold and deep.
He was ready and willing to wade on in.
The tone of the speaker of the poem towards the old man is one of
tenderness and admiration
disrespect and dislike
optimism and cheerfulness
indifference and uncaring
At the End
by Ed Meek
He was so old his bones seemed to swim in his skin.
And when I took his hand to feel his pulse
I felt myself drawn in. It was as faint
as the steps of a child
padding across the floor in slippers,
and yet he was smiling.
I could almost hear a river
running beneath his breath.
The water clear and cold and deep.
He was ready and willing to wade on in.
The repetition in the line "the water clear and cold and deep" is an example of
simile
metaphor
personification
alliteration
At the End
by Ed Meek
He was so old his bones seemed to swim in his skin.
And when I took his hand to feel his pulse
I felt myself drawn in. It was as faint
as the steps of a child
padding across the floor in slippers,
and yet he was smiling.
I could almost hear a river
running beneath his breath.
The water clear and cold and deep.
He was ready and willing to wade on in.
What is the theme of "At the End?"
Facing death is like crossing a raging river.
The elderly are fragile and must be treated gently.
There is no reason to fear death.
Old age is as simple as childhood.
When You Are Old
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
The purpose of the second stanza is to
explain what it feels like to fall in love
remind the listener of all the reasons she was loved
warn others not to change or they will no longer be loved
create a sadness and sorrow in the listener
