Poem help...
Here is another poem that uses personification to help define the theme. Answer the questions that follow using all you know about poetic devices.

The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain;
And then, those little anodynes (a medicine that relieves pain)
That deaden suffering,

And then, to go to sleep;
And then, if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor, (a person who investigates in a harsh way)
The liberty to die.

Emily

Question

Poem help...
Here is another poem that uses personification to help define the theme. Answer the questions that follow using all you know about poetic devices.

The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain;
And then, those little anodynes (a medicine that relieves pain)
That deaden suffering,

And then, to go to sleep;
And then, if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor, (a person who investigates in a harsh way)
The liberty to die.

Emily

anonymous · Answer

Question 10
 I think the answer is Pain.
What is being personified in this poem?
		
Pain
		
The inquisitor
		
Death
		
The heart
   
Question 11
 Not sure about this one
Words in the poem that show that something is being personified are:
		
anodynes; inquisitor
		
ask; sleep
		
first; then
		
little; deaden