Unit 8: Poetry III

The poem's central paradox is that

The imperative "Praise" that opens and recurs in the poem is best understood as

The poem's use of second person ("your") in the final stanza shifts the poem from

The simile comparing the spoon to "a compass pointing / toward some magnetic normal" suggests that daily rituals

The poem's central argument is that language

The metaphor "every poem is a map drawn from memory / of a country that has since revised its borders" conveys

The poem's concluding comparison of silence to "a country / with its own customs and currency" suggests that

The poem argues that photographs are an imperfect substitute for memory because they

Apostrophe as a literary device is when the speaker:

A villanelle's use of repeated lines (refrains) contributes to:

Synesthesia in poetry involves:

An elegy is a poem that:

An ode is a poem that:

A dramatic monologue in poetry features:

The poem's structure—three stanzas without punctuation ending in a single punctuated line—most effectively conveys

The speaker's use of "we" throughout the poem most significantly suggests