What question does the speaker of "Remembrance" ask in lines 1-8?

Look at the title of the poem and the poem itself and highlight details that provide information about the speaker of the poem. What do we learn about the speaker's past and present life? Write notes to explain what the evidence you've highlighted reveals about the speaker's identity.

in Levertov's poem, and identify two examples of figurative language. What idea is conveyed? How does the figurative language illustrate the relationship between the speaker and the day?

(a) In lines 19-22, what idea is Harjo trying to express?

(b) Do you agree with this idea? Explain.

In "Dreamers," what fate does the speaker describe in lines 5-6?

Why do you think the speaker is so fascinated by "dappled things"? Think about the details the speaker describes, the question in parentheses in line 8, the references to God in lines 1, 10, and 11

Describe three of the ways in which the speaker loves her husband in "Sonnet 43."

In "My Last Duchess," how does the language create the sense that a person is speaking aloud to someone? What features remind you that the work is a poem, not an overheard conversation? Cite specific details.

Is Death Be Not Proud an Italian sonnet?

What question does the speaker of "Sonnet 43” pose and answer?

What question does the speaker of "Sonnet 43" pose and answer?

In "Dreamers," what do the soldiers dream of "when the guns begin"?

Find one example each of simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole in these poems. What ideas are communicated through these figures of speech? Use the following chart to plan your answer.

$$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|} \hline \text{Figurative Language} & \text{Example} & \text{ldeas Communicated}\\ \hline \text{simile} & \text{ } & \text{ }\\ \hline \text{metaphor} & \text{ } & \text{ }\\ \hline \text{personification} & \text{ } & \text{ }\\ \hline \text{hyperbole} & \text{ } & \text{ }\\ \hline \end{array}$$

In "Letter to Elizabeth Barrett" (page 958 ), Robert Browning claims that her poetry "took root and grew" in him, and he praises "one and another excellence, the fresh strange music, the affluent language, the exquisite pathos and true new brave thought." Which of these qualities do you find in "Sonnet 43"? What other qualities do you find in the poem?