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animal representing temptation, mentioned in Mowing
Snake
the attitude of the speaker in "Mowing" toward his job
Puritan work ethic
personified, whispering scythe, snake = temptation, puritan work ethic = likes work
Mowing
How many rhyming couplets does "Tufts of Flowers" have?
20
the haymaker guides this animal to the flowers in the poem "Tuft of Flowers"
Butterfly
What do men do either together or apart in "Tuft of Flowers"
Together
what month is personified in a poem begging for the sake of the grapes?
October
What does the speaker in "October" want the month to do as winter approaches?
Stay
Tone of "October" after the shift, mentions grapes
Panic
What do the neighbors build in the poem "Mending Wall"
Wall
Rabbits, dogs and this animal are referenced in "Mending Wall"
Cows
adjective used to describe the speaker of "After Apple Picking"
Exhausted
the "pane of glass" that the speaker picks up in "After Apple Picking"
Ice
How would you describe the form of "After Apple Picking" in order for it to represent exhaustion
Inconsistent
What idea does "The Cow in Apple Time" admonish?
Temptation
What fruit does the cow overindulge on?
Apples
Tool mentioned in "Out, Out-"
Buzz Saw
word to describe tone of "Out, Out-"
Detached
What part of the boy's body is cut off by the buzz saw?
Hand
What type of poles does the line-gand set up?
Telephone
"The Line-Gang" discusses this process by weighing both the pros and cons
Industrialization
What type of sonnet is "Acquainted with the Night"? Made up of 4 tercets and 1 couplet
terza rima
What is the meter for "The Last Mowing"
trimeter
What plants must take over first before the trees in "The Last Mowing"
Flowers
What animal's eggs are buried in the sand?
Turtle
What machine does the man yell at after kicking the rails?
Train
How many octets is "Two Tramps in Mud Time"
9
What is the man's hobby and work in "Two Tramps in Mud TIme"
Splitting Wood
How many quatrains in "Desert Place?"
4
What feeling does the poem "Desert Places" talk about when referring to empty space in the desert and in between stars?
Loneliness
What is the meter for "An Unstamped Letter in Our Rural Letter Box"
iambic pentameter
Who sleeps in the other person's backyard in "An Unstamped Letter in Our Rural Letter Box"
Tramp
What does the tramp have that he refuses to tell his "involuntary host"?
Revalation
How would you describe the fact that the tramps describes himself as poor but is highly educated?
Ironic
What historical event is the poem "Range-Finding" set in?
WW1
Birds, butterflies and this animal are mentioned in "Range-Finding"
Spider
What is the form of "Range-Finding" that includes an octet and a sestet?
italian sonnet
What does the title "Haec Fabula Docet" mean?
the story teaches
What is the reason that La Fontaine carries a cane in "Haec Fabula Docet"?
Blind
How does la Fontaine die at the end of "Haec Fabula Docet"?
Buried
What is the special aspect of "Haec Fabula Docet" that contains the lesson "those who are too proud to accept help are bound for grief"?
moral
How would you describe the form of "October"?
Free Verse
How would you describe the form of "Mending Wall"?
Blank Verse
How would you describe the meter and rhyme scheme of After Apple-Picking"?
Inconsistent
How would you describe the form of "Range-Finding"?
Italian Sonnet
How would you describe the form of "Out, Out-"?
Blank Verse
How would you describe the form of "The Line-Gang"?
Blank Verse
How would you describe the form of "Once by the Pacific"?
English Sonnet
What is the unusual meter found in "The Last Mowing"
Trimeter
How would you describe the form of "Two Tramps in Mud Time" with a consistent rhyme scheme and meter as well as having stanzas?
Traditional
How would you describe the form of "Desert Places" with a consistent rhyme scheme and meter as well as having stanzas?
Traditional
What is the consistent meter of "An Unstamped Letter in Our Rural Letter Box"?
Iambic Tetrameter
How would you describe the form of "Haec Fabula Docet" with a consistent rhyme scheme and meter?
Consistent
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