Piano+by+D.H.+Lawrence

Piano
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 * 1) ** Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me;  **
 * 2) ** Taking me back down the vista of years, till I see  **
 * 3) ** A child sitting under the piano, in the boom of the tingling strings  **
 * 4) ** And pressing the small, poised feet of a mother who smiles as she sings.  **


 * 1) ** In spite of myself, the insidious mastery of song  **
 * 2) ** Betrays me back, till the heart of me weeps to belong  **
 * 3) ** To the old Sunday evenings at home, with winter outside  **
 * 4) ** And hymns in the cosy parlour, the tinkling piano our guide.  **

** D. H. Lawrence **
 * 1) ** So now it is vain for the singer to burst into clamour  **
 * 2) ** With the great black piano appassionato. The glamour  **
 * 3) ** Of childish days is upon me, my manhood is cast  **
 * 4) ** Down in the flood of remembrance, I weep like a child for the past.  **

1. In line 8 of the poem the phrase "the tinkling piano our guide" is an example of A. simile B. metaphor C. personification D. hyperbole

2. In line 12 of the poem the phrase "I weep like a child for the past." is an example of A. metaphor B. allusion C. personification D. simile

3. The tone of the poem is A. bitter B. joyful C. nostalgic D. humorous

4. The rhyme scheme of the poem is A. ABAB B. There is no rhyme scheme C. ABBA D. AABB

5. Explain the image that is created in the first two lines of each of the three stanzas. Include at least two dpecific details from the poem to support your answer.