Poetry: "Tattoo" by Gregg Shapiro

Read the line below from the poem “Tattoo” by Gregg Shapiro and answer the question that follows.

his bone-crushing hugs

Which poetic technique does Shapiro use in this line?

b

The speaker’s father in the poem “Tattoo” by Gregg Shapiro frustrates the speaker with his __________ regarding the past.
d

Read the line below from the poem “Tattoo” by Gregg Shapiro and answer the question that follows.

the nervous blue flash in his eyes

Which poetic technique does Shapiro use in this line?

a

Which of the following describes best the historical time period in which the poem “Tattoo” by Gregg Shapiro takes place?
a

What is figurative language?
a

What is imagery?
d

Read the excerpt below from the poem “Little Father” by Li-Young Lee and answer the question that follows.

I buried my father in my heart.
Now he grows in me, my strange son,
my little root who won’t drink milk,
little pale foot sunk in unheard-of night,
little clock spring newly wet
in the fire, little grape, parent to the future
wine, a son the fruit of his own son,
little father I ransom with my life.

Source: Lee, Li-Young. “Little Father.” Book of My Nights. Rochester: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2001. Poetry Foundation. Web. 25 July 2011.

Which structure is used in this excerpt from the poem “Little Father”?

b

Read the lines below from the poem “Tattoo” by Gregg Shapiro and answer the question that follows.

My father won’t talk about the numbers
3-7-8-2-5 between the wrist and elbow
blue as blood as his left forearm

Which technique is used in these excerpted lines?

c

Which of the following is a possible effect of being a child of a Holocaust survivor experienced by the speaker in the poem “Tattoo” by Gregg Shapiro?
a

What is the significance of the title of the poem “Tattoo” by Gregg Shapiro?
b

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Poetry: "Tattoo" by Gregg Shapiro
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