Unit 2: Poetry I

The controlling metaphor of the poem compares

The image of "coats still hang like patient guests" primarily suggests

The action described in "I set two plates / then put one back" reveals the speaker's

The final stanza's image of a "foundation sunk too deep to move" suggests that grief is

The poem's use of enjambment in "the spaces / between what we say / and what we mean" most effectively

The final stanza's tone is best described as

The poet's repeated use of "and" at the start of lines 3 through 7 (polysyndeton) creates a sense of

The poem's structural turn — from its extended negations to "but the administrative aftermath of death" — achieves its effect by

The poem's central metaphor compares the mother's hands to

The enjambment in "the years / of cloth passed through her fingers / like a river she could never quite / cross to the other side of" creates an effect that mirrors

The poem's final assertion — "autumn is the only honest season" — serves as a thematic claim that

The controlling figure of speech in the poem is

Enjambment in poetry occurs when:

The volta in a sonnet is significant because it:

A Shakespearean sonnet ends with a couplet that typically:

End-stopped lines in poetry:

The speaker's attitude toward the subject of the poem shifts from

The simile "like water over stones" in line 3 most directly characterizes the laughter as

The speaker's attitude toward the subject of the poem is best described as

The image of "iron birds" in line 3 most likely represents