14 questions
What example of figurative language can be found in the following quote from the poem?
“Nature's first green is gold,/Her hardest hue to hold.”
repetition
simile
allusion
personification
The line, “Her hardest hue to hold,” shows alliteration (repetition of the h sound). Which of the following lines in the poem also shows alliteration?
“Her early leaf's a flower”
“But only so an hour”
“So dawn goes down to day”
“Nothing gold can stay”
Green is not gold. In the first line, Frost is comparing the green of spring with something precious like gold. What literary device is being used here?
oxymoron
metaphor
tone.
allusion
Frost uses the word “leaf” in line 3 and again in line 5, what literary device is being utilized here?
repetition
personification
assonance
analogy
True or false: imagery is evident throughout the poem?
true
false
What literary device is used in the following line: “So Eden sank to grief”
allusion
metaphor
idiom
point of view
“So dawn goes down to day/Nothing gold can stay” These lines are best described as a use of which literary device?
onomatopoeia
irony
theme
analogy
The use of gold in the poem represents all of the blessings and good things that happen in life. This is an example of:
personification
symbolism
idiom
mood
Which of the following is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ababcdcd
abcdabcd
aabbbcca
aabbccdd
Which of the following is NOT a theme found in the poem?
Life always has a silver/golden lining.
Life is constantly changing.
You can’t hold onto your innocence.
The good things in life don’t last.
Which quote does NOT support the theme that things in life change very quickly?
“Nature's first green is gold,/Her hardest hue to hold.”
“Her early leaf's a flower; /But only so an hour.”
“So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.”
All of the above support the theme
Which of the following is the mood of the poem?
happy and carefree
angry and hostile
sad/pensive and gloomy
anxious and stressed
Which words from the poem support the mood?
green and gold
leaf and flower
subsides and grief
dawn and day
Frost writes: “Her early leaf's a flower;/But only so an hour.” The idea of a flower being a leaf for only an hour is a good example of which literary device?
hyperbole
Irony
personification
symbolism