10/19/23 Quiz

Question 1

first element of poetry

Answer 1

structure and form

Question 2

second element of poetry

Answer 2

meter

Question 3

third element of poetry

Answer 3

rhyme / rhyme scheme

Question 4

fourth element of poetry

Answer 4

sound and rhythm

Question 5

fifth element of poetry

Answer 5

subject

Question 6

sixth element of poetry

Answer 6

speaker

Question 7

seventh element of poetry

Answer 7

figurative language and poetic devices

Question 8

eighth element of poetry

Answer 8

theme

Question 9

ninth element of poetry

Answer 9

tone and mood

Question 10

tenth element of poetry

Answer 10

syntax

Question 11

Hell Pig

Answer 11

about how Aimee’s mother told her of an imaginary hog that would follow her home if she was out after curfew, installing a lifelong fear of something not real

Question 12

Are All The Break-Ups in Your Poems Real?

Answer 12

about how all of the relationships Aimee has been in have left impressions on her, leaving little bits of themselves with her despite not speaking to them anymore

Question 13

Invitation

Answer 13

encourages the reader to look closer at the nature that surrounds them and understand that they themselves are as beautiful and surreal as the ocean

Question 14

The Woman Who Turned Down a Date With a Cherry Farmer

Answer 14

showcases a woman’s regrets about turning down a cherry farmer’s advances. she explains the beautiful cherry trees and his kind demeanor. possibly expresses a fear of intimacy?

Question 15

Small Murders

Answer 15

expresses her feelings of the people from past relationships– people who no longer exist in her life– feel like they’re being erased by the intimacies she shares with her husband

Question 16

Naming the Heartbeat

Answer 16

expresses her inability to put the love and tenderness she feels for her husband into words.

Question 17

where was Nezhukumatathil born?

Answer 17

Chicago, IL

Question 18

what are her parents’ ethnicities?

Answer 18

her mother is Filipina, and her father is South India

Question 19

where did she attend college?

Answer 19

ohio state university

Question 20

where did she teach for 15 years?

Answer 20

western New York

Question 21

Catalpa Tree

Answer 21

talks about her mother and the racism she experienced during her time as a doctor. her mother made sure the children were never spoiled and cared for them very deeply. the same catalpa trees that were at her mother’s hospital litter the campus she taught on.

Question 22

Firefly

Answer 22

explains her memories of road trips with her parents and sister, and how they’d pull over in a specific area to watch the fireflies. their patterns are easily thrown off by other lights, and they’re capable of hunting down prey even in a larvae stage.

Question 23

Peacock

Answer 23

tells the story of when, as a child, Nezhukumatathil tried to draw a peacock for her school’s animal drawing contest, and was publicly humiliated for drawing an “un-American” animal. she draws a sadly colored bald eagle instead, and manages to win the contest. for years, she is embarrassed of peacocks or even the color blue, despite it being her favorite.

Question 24

Dancing Frog

Answer 24

explains the discovery of 14 new types of frog, each in the dancing-frog category. the males stretch their legs long in hopes of finding a rare female mate. despite their recent discovery, their population is quickly shrinking towards extinction due to habitat changes.