Text Analysis

A
“Thy word is the lamp unto my feet and the light unto
my path.” - Psalm 119:105

B
“A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray”
- Joyce Kilmer, “Trees”

C
“Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words
froze solid afore they could be heard."
- from “Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox”

D
“Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed”
- William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 18”

E
“Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze”
 - William Wordsworth, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”

Text Analysis Answer Sheet

A
1-2. What two things are God’s words compared to?
_________lamp______ , ______light_________
3. What figure of speech is used in the line?
_______ ________

B
4. What figure of speech is used in the verse?
________ metaphor _______

C
5. What figure of speech is used in the sentence?
_______ HYPERBOLE ________

D
6. What does the “eye of heaven” refer to?
_____SUN__________
7. What could “dim” the “eye of heaven”?
______SUNRISE_________

E
8. What is the dominant form of imagery in the
verse?
_______________