I.
DEFINITIONS
Match
the terms below to their definitions by writing the correct letters in the
spaces at the left (2 points each).
_____anaphora A.
stanza containing two lines
_____hyperbole B. stanza containing four lines
_____image C. comparison using like or as
_____sonnet D. comparison not using like or as
_____metaphor E. poem written in paragraph form
_____open
form F. fourteen line poem usually on love
_____personification G.
nineteen line poem with a pattern of repeating refrains
_____prose
poem H. mental picture or other sensory detail
_____quatrain I. intentional exaggeration
_____simile J. repetition of words at the beginnings of
successive lines
K. inexact rhyme
L. lacking a set rhythm, rhyme scheme, or stanza
form
M. repetition of initial consonants
N. attributing human characteristics to something
that isn’t
human
II. MY
FAVORITE POEM Write a couple of
sentences about your favorite poem from our textbook, including the author and
title and telling why you like it (10 points).
II.
IDENTIFICATIONS
For
each quotation identify the author and title and explain the importance of the
quotation. (4 points each; one point for
the author, one for the title, and two for the quotation’s importance) SKIP ONE (or I will count the last one as the
one you skipped).
No
matter who lives
or
who dies, I'm still a woman.
I'll
always have plenty to do.
I
bring the arms of his shirt
together.
Nothing can stop
our
tenderness.
author
title
importance
Margaret,
are you grieving
Over
Goldengrove unleaving
author
title
importance
Ash,
ash—
You
poke and stir.
Flesh,
bone, there is nothing there—
A
cake of soap,
A
wedding ring,
A
gold filling.
Herr
god, Herr Lucifer
Beware
Beware.
author
title
importance
My
fingers touching her side brought me the reason—
her
side was warm; her fawn lay there waiting,
alive,
still, never to be born.
Beside
that mountain road I hesitated.
author
title
importance
My
feet are locked upon the rough bark.
It
took the whole of Creation
To
produce my foot, my each feather:
Now
I hold Creation in my foot
author
title
importance
What
did I know, what did I know
of
love's austere and lonely offices?
author
title
importance
If
you are coming down through the narrows of the river Kiang,
Please
let me know beforehand,
And
I will come out to meet you,
As far as Cho-fu-Sa.
author
title
importance
Rowing
in
Ah,
the Sea!
Might
I but moor — tonight –
In
Thee!
author
title
importance
The
piercing chill I feel:
my dead wife's comb, in our bedroom,
under my heel . . .
author
title
importance
And
you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse,
bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do
not go gentle into that good night.
Rage,
rage against the dying of the light.
author
title
importance
You
beat time on my head
With
a palm caked hard by dirt,
Then
waltzed me off to bed
Still
clinging to your shirt.
author
title
importance
IV. ESSAYS
Discuss
ONE or TWO of the poems below (30 points for one long
essay of at least two pages
in length or 15 points each for two essays, each at least a page long.). I am looking not for one right answer but a
thorough discussion of the poem or poems you select. Writing errors count against you, so write
and proofread carefully.
Guidelines: Discuss both the form and
meaning of each poem you choose. Explain
what the poem means and relate aspects of the poem’s form to its
meaning. Use terms you’ve
learned in this class. Include quotations
from the poem in your analysis. Writing
well will help your score.
Facing
It Yusef Komunyakaa
My black face fades,
hiding
inside the black granite.
I said I
wouldn't,
dammit:
No tears.
I'm
stone. I'm flesh.
My
clouded reflection eyes me
like a
bird of prey, the profile of night
slanted
against morning. I turn
this
way--the stone lets me go.
I turn
that way--I'm inside
the
again,
depending on the light
to make a
difference.
I go down
the 58,022 names,
half-expecting to find
my own in
letters like smoke.
I touch
the name Andrew Johnson;
I see the
booby trap's white flash.
Names
shimmer on a woman's blouse
but when
she walks away
the names
stay on the wall.
Brushstrokes flash, a red bird's
wings
cutting across my stare.
The sky.
A plane in the sky.
A white
vet's image floats
closer to
me, then his pale eyes
look
through mine. I'm a window.
He's lost
his right arm
inside
the stone. In the black mirror
a woman's
trying to erase names:
No, she's brushing a boy's hair.
Buffalo Bill’s ee
cummings
Buffalo Bill’s
defunct
who
used to
ride
a watersmooth-silver
stallion
and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat
Jesus
he was a handsome man
and what i want to know is
how do you like your blueeyed boy
Mister Death
Lonely Hearts Wendy
Cope
Can someone make my simple wish come true?
Male biker seeks female for touring fun.
Do you live in
Gay vegetarian whose friends are few,
I'm into music, Shakespeare and the sun.
Can someone make my simple wish come true?
Executive in search of something new—
Perhaps bisexual woman, arty, young.
Do you live in
Successful, straight and solvent? I am too—
Attractive Jewish lady with a son.
Can someone make my simple wish come true?
I'm Libran, inexperienced and blue—
Need slim non-smoker, under twenty-one.
Do you live in
Please write (with photo) to
Who knows where it may lead once we've begun?
Can someone make my simple wish come true?
Do you live in
The Negro Speaks of Rivers Langston Hughes
I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than
the flow of
human
blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
I bathed in the
I built my hut near the
I looked upon the
I heard the singing of the
sunset.
I've known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.