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The Layers True or False

1. How many stanzas are in "The Layers"? -> One
2. "How shall the heart be reconciled / to its feast of losses?" (20-21) is an example of what type of figurative language? -> Rhetorical question
3. What is the meter of this poem? -> Free verse (no regular meter)
4. In lines 37-38, "Live in the layers, / not on the litter" is an example of what type of sound play? -> Assonance
5. Which of the following is a recurring image in the poem? -> Birds

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