Poetry: Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks and Emily Dickinson

A. a pattern or beat created using stressed and unstressed syllables
B. an image that repeats throughout an entire poem
C. the use of similar-sounding words in poetry
D. an image that appears just once in a poem

I’m Nobody! Who are you?
Are you — Nobody — too?
Then there’s a pair of us
Don’t tell! they’d advertise — you know!

How dreary — to be — Somebody!
How public — like a Frog —
To tell one’s name — the livelong June —
To an admiring Bog!

Why is the frog simile an effective image of the “Somebody” in Dickinson’s poem?

A. It blends in and does not disturb the bog.
B. It’s ugly, but people still admire it.
C. It croaks loudly, calling attention to itself.
D. It has many positive qualities that should be admired.

“We Real Cool”
by Gwendolyn Brooks

The Pool Players.
Seven at The Golden Shovel.

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We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.

Which device does Brooks use to place emphasis on the word “We”?

A. enjambment
B. alliteration
C. imagery
D. rhyme

The Pool Players.
Seven at The Golden Shovel.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.

What is one controlling image in the poem?

A. seven pool players
B. left school
C. strike straight
D. die soon

A. Inspired by the civil rights movement, it was a movement that focused on using art to influence political activism.
B. It was a cultural and artistic movement that spread throughout Europe during the 14th to 17th centuries.
C. It was a neighborhood in New York City’s borough of Manhattan, which has been the center of African American culture.
D. It was an explosion of arts and culture in the African American community in the decades after World War I.

A. “Thin gin”
B. “Pool Players”
C. “Die soon”
D. “We/jazz”

A. loneliness, desire, and observations of the world
B. Topeka, Kansas, where she was born
C. Amherst, Massachusetts, where she grew up
D. social, political, and cultural topics

A. Brooks . . . . Dickinson
B. Dickinson . . . . Brooks
C. Dickinson . . . . Dickinson
D. Brooks . . . . Brooks

If you said goodbye to me tonight
There would still be music left to write
What else could I do, I’m so inspired by you
That hasn’t happened for the longest time

Source: Joel, Billy. “For the Longest Time.” Lyrics007.com. Lyrics007.com, n.d. Web. 18 May 2011.

Which technique does Billy Joel use to establish unity between the lines?

A. imagery
B. syntax
C. alliteration
D. rhyme

“For the Dead”
by Adrienne Rich

I dreamed I called you on the telephone
to say: Be kinder to yourself
but you were sick and would not answer

The waste of my love goes on this way
trying to save you from yourself

I have always wondered about the left-over
energy, the way water goes rushing down a hill
long after the rains have stopped

or the fire you want to go to bed from
but cannot leave, burning-down but not burnt-down
the red coals more extreme, more curious
in their flashing and dying
than you wish they were
sitting long after midnight

Source: Rich, Adrienne. “For the Dead.” FamousPoetsandPoems.com. FamousPoetsandPoems.com, n.d. Web. 18 May 2011.

Which technique does the poet use to continue lines of poetry into the next without stopping?

A. rhythm
B. rhyme
C. enjambment
D. imagery

A. political and cultural topics
B. the limits of free verse
C. loneliness and desire
D. historical and social topics

I’m Nobody! Who are you?
Are you — Nobody — too?
Then there’s a pair of us
Don’t tell! they’d advertise — you know!

How dreary — to be — Somebody!
How public — like a Frog —
To tell one’s name — the livelong June —
To an admiring Bog!

Which technique does Dickinson use to make the ends of lines 1 and 2 sound similar?

A. rhyme
B. imagery
C. controlling image
D. alliteration

A. the American civil rights movement
B. the Harlem Renaissance
C. Emily Dickinson
D. William P. Gottlieb

A. Brooks . . . Dickinson
B. Brooks . . . Brooks
C. Dickinson . . . Dickinson
D. Dickinson . . . Brooks

A. It excludes certain words, thereby allowing readers to fill in the blanks.
B. It encourages the reader to pause and emphasize certain words.
C. It is one of the few poetic techniques to follow the rules of syntax.
D. It allows the reader to read lines of poetry without having to pause.