Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Shine, Perishing Republic? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. The "flower fades to make fruit" is an example of
consonance
alliteration
assonance
synecdoche
Q. "Out of the mother" and "home to the mother" is an example of
imagery
parallelism
irony
idiom
Q. The poem is composed according to what kind of form?
sonnet
free verse
elegy
eulogy
Q. Meteors, mountains, monsters, and decaying fruit are all used as
similes
symbols
similes
metaphors
Q. The speaker's use of "you" in the third stanza indicates a shift in what point of view?
first-person
third-person
second-person
third-person omniscient