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A 1 Name the poet that wrote “Daybreak in Alabama”

A 2 What poem has a setting of Lake Labarge and The Alice May?

A 3 Who wrote the poem “Annabel Lee”?

A 4 These words from the poem, “The Cremation of Sam Mc. Gee” are an example of what poetic device? “huskies howled”

B 1 Who tells the story (narrator) in the poem “The Cremation of Sam Mc. Gee”?

B 2 These words from the poem “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” are an example of what poetic device? “frozen lake”

B 3 In the poem “The Runaway, ” how can you tell the horse is afraid of the snow? (use the words from the poem)

B 4 In the poem “The Cremation of Sam Mc. Gee”, why are Sam & his friend in Canada?

C 1 What happens when Sam’s friend opens the door & looks inside where he cremated him?

C 2 In the poem “Annabel Lee”, who is jealous of the poet’s love for Annabel Lee?

C 3 What is a “Morgan”?

C 4 Who wrote the poem “Miracles”?

D 1 What sound (auditory image) can be heard in the poem “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening”?

D 2 What type of poem is “Miracles”? Hint: the poet gives us a list of things he believes are miracles.

D 3 In the poem, “Mother to Son”, What does the “crystal stair” symbolize?

D 4 In the poem “Daybreak in Alabama, ” what is the poet writing? (he wants to include all the elements of daybreak in Alabama in it)

E 1 Who wrote the poem “Winter-Time’?

E 2 What type of poem is the one about a boll weevil?

E 3 These lines from the poem “Winter-Time, ” are an example of what type of figurative language? “Late lies the wintry sun a-bed, A frosty, fiery sleepy-head. ”

E 4 What is the rhyme scheme for this poem? The lovely flowers bloom all year They make me happy to see them The winter snows I always fear Now flowers sing their last new tune; The last rose petal brings a tear But Spring will bring them back real soon.

F 1 These lines from the poem “Snow-flakes, ” are an example of what poetic device? “Silent, and soft, and slow”

F 2 Who wrote the poem “Spellbound”?

F 3 What is a poetry element that is the imitation of natural sounds found in words in the poem?

F 4 In the poem, Spellbound, these lines at the end of each stanza are an example of what poetic device? “and I cannot, cannot go” “And yet I cannot go” “I will not, cannot go”