Dylan Thomas and Maya Angelou were inspired to write based on similar backgrounds, life experiences, and upbringings.
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False
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Lyric poetry is characterized by its...
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rigid rules
focus on nature
first person point of view
extended metaphors
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Question 310 pts
Villanelle poems have how many lines?
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5
11
14
19
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Villanelle poems have a specific rhyme scheme.
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True
False
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Which line from Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise" is an example of a simile?
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"You may trod me in the very dirt" (line 3)
"Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise" (lines 11-12)
"You may shoot me with your words" (line 21)
"Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise" (lines 31-32)
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In Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise," the speaker's overall tone could be best described as...
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indecisive
sorrowful
elated
resolved
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Question 710 pts
In Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise," lines 21-23 say, "You may shoot me with your words,/You may cut me with your eyes,/You may kill me with your hatefulness."
What poetic/literary term is this an example of?
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figurative language
hyperbole
repetition
alliteration
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Question 810 pts
In Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," the speaker urges his father to "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." What does he actually mean by this?
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Let anger spur him to action when things aren't going his way.
Go crazy when the sun goes down.
Fight even when the odds are stacked against him.
It is impossible to know what the speaker means here.
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Question 910 pts
In Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," the speaker makes references to in each stanza.
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love
strength
conflict
nature
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The speaker's tone in "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" could be best described as...
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distraught
solemn
insistent
vascillating
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