Can someone please help me with these few questions for my English class? I'm stuck on them.
1. "Fable for when there's no way out." Evaluate the poem.
How does the chick's experience relate to the human experience?
2. How is the theme of the poem, "Fable for When There's No Way Out" an example of "seeing common things in an uncommon way?"
3. To what extent can you agree with the author's advice? Base your answer upon a Scriptural principle. You may wish to refer to Philippians 4:13 and to Proverbs 16:32, or you may use other applicable passages with which you are familiar.
4. Write a poetic line that uses alliteration in at least three words.
5. Write a poetic line with at least three words illustrating the technique of consonance.
6. What quality of the locomotives does the consonance of the s and sh sounds in the sentence below suggest?
I hear the locomotives rushing and roaring, and the shrill steamwhistle.
7. What quality of the locomotives does the consonance of the r sound in the sentence below suggest?
I hear the locomotives rushing and roaring, and the shrill steamwhistle.
8. Identify the following example as either consonance in general or alliteration in particular.
The sled and traveler stopped, the courier's feet
Delayed, all friends shut out, the housematessit
consonance
alliteration
9. Identify the following example as either consonance in general or alliteration in particular.
The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
alliteration
consonance