ENGLISH HELP

Read the poem below and then answer questions 1-7.


Because I could not stop for Death – (479)
by EMILY DICKINSON

Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –

Or rather – He passed Us –
The Dews drew quivering and Chill –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground –
The Roof was scarcely visible –
The Cornice – in the Ground –

Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity –
Question 1 (2 points) Question 1 Unsaved
What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza?

Question 1 options:

ABAB


ABCB


ABBA


ABCA

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Question 2 (2 points) Question 2 Unsaved
How many stanzas does this poem have?

Question 2 options:

24


6


1


5

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Question 3 (2 points) Question 3 Unsaved
Re-read the second stanza:

We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –
The second and fourth lines show an example of

Question 3 options:

metaphor


slant rhyme


simile


irony

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Question 4 (2 points) Question 4 Unsaved
In the third stanza:



We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –

There are three examples of ____________.

Question 4 options:

similes


juxtaposition


personification


alliteration

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Question 5 (2 points) Question 5 Unsaved
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
These lines show an example of __________.

Question 5 options:

end rhyme


simile


personification


metaphor

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Question 6 (2 points) Question 6 Unsaved
The rhythm of a poem is written in ___________.

Question 6 options:

feet


inches


symbols


notes

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Question 7 (2 points) Question 7 Unsaved
The slant rhyme in the fourth stanza (second and fourth lines) relies on what sound type?

Or rather – He passed Us –
The Dews drew quivering and Chill –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –
Question 7 options:

meter


consonance


assonance


pizzacato