Poetry+Test

The Black Regiment by George H. Boker

1. Dark as the clouds of even, 2. Ranked in the western heaven, 3. Waiting the breath that lifts 4. All the dread mass, and drifts 5. Tempest and falling brand 6. Over a ruined land; 7. So still and orderly, 8. Arm to arm, knee to knee, 9. Waiting the great event, 10. Stands the black regiment.

11. Down the long dusky line 12. Teeth gleam and eyeballs shine; 13. And the bright bayonet, 14. Bristling and firmly set, 15. Flashed with a purpose grand, 16. Long ere the sharp command 17. Of the fierce rolling drum 18. Told them their time had come, 19. Told them what work was sent 20. For the black regiment.

21. "Now," the flag-sergeant cried, 22. "Though death and hell betide, 23. Let the whole nation see 24. If we are fit to be 25. Free in this land; or bound 26. Down, like the whining hound, 27. Bound with red stripes of pain 28. In our old chains again!" 29. O, what a shout there went 30. From the black regiment!

1. Line 1 is an example of a. alliteration b. metaphor c. assonance d. simile

2. Line 12 is an example of a. onomatopoeia b. imagery c. assonance d. allusion

3. The tone in stanza 3 is a. sad b. pleading c. determined d. frightened

4. Line 26 is an example of a. personification b. simile c. metaphor d. assonance

5. The rhyme scheme of the poem is a. ababcdcdee b. abbacdecde c. abcdeabcde d. aabbccddee

6. Explain the meaning of the poem or what is happening in the poem. Use two examples from the poem to support your answer.

The Lighthouse by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1. The rocky ledge runs far into the sea, 2. and on its outer point, some miles away, 3. the lighthouse lifts its massive masonry, 4. A pillar of fire by night, of cloud by day.

5. Even at this distance I can see the tides, 6. Upheaving, break unheard along its base, 7. A speechless wrath, that rises and subsides 8. in the white tip and tremor of the face.

9. And as the evening darkens, lo! how bright, 10. through the deep purple of the twilight air, 11. Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light, 12. with strange, unearhly splendor in the glare!

7. "massive masonry" in line 3, "lighthouse lifts" in line 3, and "tip and tremor" in line 8 are all examples of: a. onomatopoeia b. assonance c. alliteration d. allusion

8. Line 3 is an example of a. simile b. metaphor c. hyperbole d. personification

9. Line 4 is an example of a. personification b. allusion c. metaphor d. simile

10. Explain how figurative language is used successfully in this poem. Give two examples from the poem to support your answer.