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- What is a rhodora and what color is it?
- A rhodora is a purple flower.
- Who is the speaker in both "The Rhodora" and "Each and All"?
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- In what shape is the body of the poem "The Fish" by Mary Oliver?
- It is in the shape of a fish.
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Fill in the blank.
"Deems not that great___________/Stops his horse, and lists with delight..." - Napolean.
- What school did Elizabeth Bishop attend?
- Walnut Hill School
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The Fish by Mary Oliver is free verse.
True or False? - False.
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In "Each and All" the "yon red-cloaked clown" isn't literally a clown.
True or False? - True.
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The rhyme scheme of Each and All is ABAB....
True or False? - False.
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Does the following quote show any evidence of cooking?
"Later/I opened his body and seperated/the flesh from the bones/ and ate him."
Yes or No. - No.
- What occurs at the end of "The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop?
- The narrator lets the fish go.
- What is enjambment?
- Enjambment is when ideas continue in a poem despite line breaks.
- What is the difference between the way the two fishes act in each of "The Fish" poems?
- In Elizabeth Bishop's "The Fish", the fish she catches does not struggle and is very vulnerable. In Mary Oliver's "The Fish", the fish flails around in the pail struggling for breath.
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In both "Each and All" and "The Rhodora" Beauty is described as
a) a word
b) A power we are all a part of
c) A woman who falls in love with a Beast - b) A power we are all a part of.
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Mary Oliver was born in 1935 and since then has passed away.
True or False? - False.
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What occurs in line 10 in "The Fish" by Mary Oliver?
"..of rainbows. Later.." - A shift in time.
- What happened when the narrator of Mary Oliver's "The Fish" ate the fish she had caught?
- They become one in nature.
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Which is not a theme of Mary Oliver's "The Fish"?
a)Life's cycle
b)Interconnection
c)Seclusion - c) Seclusion
- What is The Rhodora about?
- It is about a man who finds a flower in the woods
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What is the speaker's tone in "Each and All"?
formal or informal? - Formal.
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What is the speaker's tone in "The Rhodora"?
formal or informal? - Informal.
- The first sentence of "The Fish" by Mary Oliver requires one long breath. What other aspect in the poem does this parallel?
- It parallels the fishes gasps for breath.
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In "The Fish" line 10 shows the positive after the negative. True or False?
"/of rainbows. Later/" - True.
- The line "But, in my simple ignorance, suppose/ The self-same Power that brought me there brought you." is a what?
- It is a realization.
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"Each and All," "The Rhodora," "The Fish" by Mary Oliver, and "The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop all convey the universal theme.
True or False? - True.
- What month does "The Rhodora" take place in?
- May.
- Where does "Each and All" take place?
- In the countryside.
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Both of Emerson's poems "The Rhodora" and "Each and All" ask a question and both questions are answered throughout the course of the poem.
True or False. - False. Only The Rhodora asks a question and has it answered.
- Why are some of the words in Emerson's poems capitalized?
- Some of the words in Emerson's poems are capitalized because they are now representing a higher power.
- The line "Now the sea/is in me: I am the fish, the fish/glitters in me; we are/ risen, tangled together, certain to fall/back to the sea," is what type of organization?
- It is cyclical.
- Why is "Each and All" given that title?
- It is given that title because the poem discusses the relationship of the individual to the whole.