Choose the poem that uses assonance.The earth is motionlessAnd poised in space . . .A huge bird resting in its flightBetween the alleys of the stars.If this is peace, this dead and leaden thing,Then better far the hateful fret, the sting.Better the wound forever seeking balmThan this gray calm!

What do you understand by the line 'the face of the earth' in the poem keeping quiet

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.                    “Sympathy”I know what the caged bird feels, alas!When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;When the wind stirs soft through the springing grassAnd the river flows like a stream of grass;When the first bird sings and the first bud opes,And the faint perfume from its petals steals –I know what the caged bird feels!I know why the caged bird beats its wingTill its blood is red on the cruel bars;For he must fly back to his perch and clingWhen he rather would be on the branch a –swing;And a pain still throbs in the old, old scarsAnd they pulse again with a keener sting –I know why he beats his wing!I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,When he beats his bars and would be free;It is not a song of joy or glee,But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core,But a plea, that upward to heaven he fings –I know why the caged bird sings!       (Adapted from the poem by Laurence Donbar in ‘American Negro Poetry’ edited by ArnaBomtemps. New York: Hill and Waug 1974)Questionsa)     Explain briefly what the poem is about.                     (3 marks)b)     What does the poet focus on in each of the three stanzas?             (6 marks)c)     How would you describe the persona’s feelings towards the caged bird?     (4 marks)d)     What can we infer about the persona’s own experiences?             (3 marks)e)     Identify a simile in the first stanza and explain why it is used.         (2 marks)f)     Explain the meaning of the following lines:          (i) And the faint perfume from the petals steals                 (1 mark)g)     Supply another suitable title for this poem.                     (1 mark)

The poem begins with a peaceful depiction of summer idleness but ends with a reflection on the presence of cruelty and suffering in the world. This contrast between the tranquillity of nature and the harshness of human behaviour creates a sense of irony, highlighting the complexities of life.

Choose the poem that uses assonance.London, my beautiful,It is not the sunsetNor the pale green skyShimmering through the curtainFrom fairest creatures we desire increase,That thereby beauty's rose might never die,But as the riper should by time decease,His tender heir might bear his memory.

Read the following stanza from "I Am Offering This Poem," by Jimmy Santiago.It's all I have to give,and all anyone needs to live,and to go on living inside,when the world outsideno longer cares if you live or die;remember,How would the tone of this stanza change if the poet eliminated the lines "when the world outside / no longer cares if you live or die"?A.The tone would become more positive.B.The tone would become angrier.C.The tone would become less soothing.D.The tone would become neutral.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS