Amy Lowell & Robert Frost

Question 1

a moment of insight, discovery, or revelation

Answer 1

epiphany

Question 2

split and went in different directions

Answer 2

diverged

Question 3

the mainland of the American continent enclosing the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea and referred to as such in the period of the Spanish New World Empire

Answer 3

Spanish Main

Question 4

put or kept (a horse) in a stable

Answer 4

stabled

Question 5

was without; lacked

Answer 5

wanted

Question 6

a thing that suggests more than its literal meaning, but usually does not “stand for” any one meaning

Answer 6

symbol

Question 7

from now

Answer 7

hence

Question 8

a rhetorical device reiterating a word or phrase, or rewording the same idea, for emphasis

Answer 8

repetition

Question 9

soft and fluffy

Answer 9

downy

Question 10

the use of a single word or expression to signal two or more distinct references or to express two or more diverse attitudes or feelings

Answer 10

ambiguity

Question 11

What does the speaker ask of the Se Shell?

Answer 11

to sing her a song of the see with its many beautiful features

Question 12

Sea Shell, Sea Shell
Sing me a song, O please!
A song of ships, and sailor men,
What sound device do you notice in the first three lines?

Answer 12

alliteration

Question 13

By imagining that the Sea Shell can sing, the poet is using what?

Answer 13

personification

Question 14

Be addressing the Sea Shell as though present or living, the poet is using what?

Answer 14

apostraphe

Question 15

What is the meter of the poem, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening?

Answer 15

iambic tetrameter

Question 16

“Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;” (1.1-2)
The opening lines set up an important ___ between ___ and ___.

Answer 16

contrast; nature; society

Question 17

What two features are most prominent in the poem, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening?

Answer 17

imagery; symbol

Question 18

“The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,” (4.1-2)
What is the speaker’s main dilemma?

Answer 18

whether to stay in nature or go back to society

Question 19

“And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.” (4.3-4)
Of the choices below, what is the best way to think about the closing lines?

Answer 19

The repetition, as well as “miles to go before I sleep,” is significant and symbolic.

Question 20

What is the rhyme scheme of The Road Not Taken?

Answer 20

ABAAB

Question 21

In The Road Not Taken, the speaker took a considerable amount of time before finally doing what?

Answer 21

choosing his road

Question 22

Why does the speaker in The Road Not Taken, take the other road?

Answer 22

It was grassy and lacking wear.

Question 23

What is the primary symbol in the poem, The Road Not Taken?

Answer 23

the roads