AP Lit Poetry Questions: Curiosity
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How would you describe the tone of the first stanza?
Flippant, unattended to, indifferent with a role of the eyes
What is the structural purpose of lines 6 and 7?
They’re a qualifier
What is the value/ purpose of the third stanza?
It’s an imperative. It has a commanding tone.
In line 16, what does the word “die,” mean?
a mental death; failure or mistake
What can we infer about the poet’s beliefs, from line 22?
Life is not necessarily perfect. Both Hell and perfection are uncertain.
What is the subject of line 23’s “would kill?”
Never to want to see
Line 34 and 35 what does “die” refer to?
emotional pain and death
What device(s) is/are used to convey the meaning of the last six lines?
Paradox, anaphora
“Cats” and “Dogs” act as what type of rhetorical device and what are their values?
Metaphor; dog conforms, cat in nonconformist
Abstracts? Construct a theme for this poem.
conformity, independence, perfection, uncertainty, curiosity, life
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