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Poetry Help!!!

Answer 1

Sure thing. :) Could you upload your poem?

Answer 2

Or are you needing help on an assignment about poems?

Answer 3

What poetry form did Ezra Pound use in "A Station in the Metro"?

A. Haiku.
B. Sonnet.
C. Beat.
D. Epic.

Select the images the speaker talks about while she is doing chores in Amy Lowell’s poem "Interlude."

A. Baking “white cakes”.
B. Picking “green crowns” from strawberries.
C. Painting “red roses” on the wall.
D. Placing berries in a “blue and yellow” platter.

Select the popular figurative meanings of Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken."

A. The poem symbolizes the badge of individuality.
B. The poem represents the problems of decision-making.
C. The poem shows how making a decision abandons all other choices.
D. The poem tells people that life is short and decisions are to be made quickly.

Select the Imagists Robert Frost became acquainted with while in England.

A. Amy Lowell.
B. Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
C. Allen Ginsberg.
D. Ezra Pound.

Which of the following describes the literal meaning of Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken" ?

A. A solitary traveler comes to a fork in a road and makes a decision to take one of the two roads.
B. A family gets lost in the woods and comes to a fork in a road and makes a decision to take one of the two roads.
C. An old woman travels to get medicine for her grandson and decides to take the “road less traveled by” because it is shorter.
D. A solitary traveler comes to a fork in a road and a bear forces his to take the less traveled road.

In “The Road Not Taken,” what is the speaker’s regret?

A. He would never come back to this point again.
B. He had to travel alone.
C. He regretted his choice the rest of his life.
D. The road he took was too easy.

Select the traditional poetry elements Robert Frost used in his poems.

A. Rhyme.
B. Ideas.
C. Rhythm.
D. Organization.

In "The Red Wheelbarrow" what is the pun William Carlos Williams used when he wrote, "so much depends upon a red wheel barrow"?

A. The word “wheelbarrow” is broken into “wheel” and “barrow”, adding to the sound of the poem.
B. The word “depends” is Latin meaning to “hang down”, which he uses in the form of the poem.
C. The word “much” is Old English meaning “more than is expected” and the reader is left wanting more after finishing the poem.
D. The word “upon” dates from 14th Century English and meaning “obsolete”, which is what Williams thought of Eliot’s poetry.

Select the reasons the narrator in Robert Frost’s "Mending Wall" thinks repairing the wall is a game and is not necessary.

A. The pine trees and the apple trees never go across.
B. There are no cows to fence in.
C. It takes too much effort to repair the wall.
D. The hunters will remove the stones again soon.

What is unusual about the format of “In a Station of the Metro?”


A. The poem contains only two lines
B. Every word is capitalized
C. Every line is a complete sentence
D. Only nouns and verbs are used throughout the poem

What did William Carlos Williams believe was the only requirement to read his poetry?

A. An extensive background in literature.
B. Knowledge of historical allusions.
C. No background in literature.
D. A pessimistic personality.

In “The Road Not Taken,” what does the speaker conclude about his choice?

A. He didn’t know where it led.
B. He should have traveled both roads.
C. His choice made a difference in his life.
D. The road he took was too difficult.

What is the “interlude” in Amy Lowell’s poem "Interlude"?

A. The mundane chores of the day.
B. The movement of the moon.
C. The bright sunlight of tomorrow.
D. The darkness after the moon sets.

Select the things that William Carlos Williams disliked about T. S. Eliot’s poetry.

A. It was overly intellectual.
B. That he left America for England.
C. It was too optimistic.
D. It had no life.

Select the reasons Robert Frost and his family moved to England in 1914.

A. He wanted to meet the Imagists.
B. Inability to make a living in the U.S.
C. Inability to find a publisher for his poetry.
D. He tried to avoid the draft during World War I.

Answer 4

do you know how to use google search? I think it would be more useful to you.

Answer 5

It's hard for people to answer your questions when your assignments are supposed to be on what you've read. I think most people on here haven't read these poems. I agree with @JoshDavoll Look these up on Google.