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Analyzing Poetic Devices and Themes

This document contains 10 multiple choice and short answer questions about a poem analyzing its themes, symbols, tone, and meaning. The questions cover topics such as the figure of speech used in the opening line, what has happened to hope as described in several lines, what feathers represent as a metaphor, the implied state of the people who pray for rice, the perspective of the speaker, whether the tone is sarcastic, the dramatic situation, allegorical elements, how weight affects the personalities, and what getting up could refer to at the end.

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Analyzing Poetic Devices and Themes

This document contains 10 multiple choice and short answer questions about a poem analyzing its themes, symbols, tone, and meaning. The questions cover topics such as the figure of speech used in the opening line, what has happened to hope as described in several lines, what feathers represent as a metaphor, the implied state of the people who pray for rice, the perspective of the speaker, whether the tone is sarcastic, the dramatic situation, allegorical elements, how weight affects the personalities, and what getting up could refer to at the end.

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1.

The figure speech used in the lines “A


country without miracles sits heavy on the
map, thinking of banana trees rotting in
the sunlight” is

a. Metaphor
b. Personification
c. Simile
d. Hyperbole
2. What has happened to hope in the
poem, as described by the lines “The man
who watches over it has commandeered all
hopes, placed them in a sack, and tied its
loose end. He goes around carrying it on
his back.”
a. It has been killed
b. It has been conquered
c. It has been stolen
d. It has been silenced
3. What are the “feathers” discussed in the
poem supposed to be a metaphor of?

a. The burden of government


b. The dashed hopes of people
c. The feathers of dead birds
d. The poverty in the country
4. “You kneel on parched earth and pray
for rice.” This implies that the people in the
poem are

a. angry
b. depressed
c. hungry
d. thirsty
5. The persona speaking in the poem is

a. A character in the poem


b. An unbiased observer
c. The author
d. The man who watches over the
country
6. Modified TRUE or FALSE: The poem is written
with a sarcastic tone. Explain your answer with
lines from the poem.
7. Describe the dramatic situation of the poem in
no more than four sentences.
8. List the allegorical elements in the poem and
what these could relate to.
9. Discuss in no more than five sentences how
Bautista uses the idea of weight in the poem and
how it affects the personalities in it.
10. What could the act of “getting up” refer to in
the final lines of the poem? Discuss in more than
five sentences.

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