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English Questions

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"This is Just to Say" Is this poem organized by stanza, or are the stanza breaks done seemingly for no reason?
The stanza breaks make the rhythm.
"This is Just to Say" Does this poem have a rhyme or regular rhythm. If so, explain?
No rhyme, yes rhythm. In the first two stanzas.
"This is Just to Say" What's the poets message?
The poet is explaining what it is like to be married.
"This is Just to Say" Which of age elements of poetry does this work have? Give examples of each.
Title, format, rhythm, alternation.
"This is Just to Say" Does this peeve resemble anything that you might find in the everyday world, or does it seem like a deliberate poem written by a professional writer? Explain.
Hate turned into a poem.
"Old Age Sticks" What function do the parentheses serve?
They separate old age from youth because old's mind is fixed. They are trapped in old age. Sometimes people ignore parenthesis.
"Old Age Sticks" What was the message of this piece explain using examples from the poem.
Youth can be what they want. The young want to be old.
"Old Age Sticks" Why was this format chosen?
Forces you to interpret.
Makes reader work for it.
Non traditional format.
Breaks barriers.
Old age is stuck.
Understanding old people is hard like the poem.
"Old Age Sticks" What is the significance of this title?
Old age really sticks.
"You're" What do the similes add to this piece? Select a favorite simile to help you answer this question.
Each is a little image and each image tells a story.
"You're" Why is this person mute from the Fourth Of July to All Fool's Day?
Because that's 9 months (how long a baby is in the stomache)
"You're" Who is "You're"?
"You're" is the two kids.
Why did Syvia Plath use similes apposed to metaphors.
Her kids are different.
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