Question

ELA: 1.09 Quiz: Captivity_Due 9.12.18 ( ANSWER KEY )

Which is true about the speaker in the poem "Sympathy" and the poet?


They are the same person.


They are not the same person.


The poet is the bird.


The speaker is the bird.
Why does the speaker in the poem "Sympathy" have sympathy for the caged bird?


The speaker is the one keeping the bird caged.


The speaker is also a caged bird.


The speaker understands what it's like to have no freedom.


The speaker can understand birdsong.
Which line from the poem contains a simile?


When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;


And the river flows like a stream of glass;


And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars


It is not a carol of joy or glee,
What is the rhyme scheme in the first stanza of "Sympathy"?

I know what the caged bird feels, alas!
When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;
When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass,
And the river flows like a stream of glass;
When the first bird sings and the first bud opes.
And the faint perfume from its chalice steals—
I know what the caged bird feels!


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Free Verse


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The bird in the cage in "Sympathy" is a symbol for
Correct Answer


slavery
Incorrect Response


zoos


school


prison

1. They are not the same person
2. The speaker understands what it's like to not have freedom.
3. The river flows like a stream of glass
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5. Slavery

Answer 1

Which is true about the speaker in the poem "Sympathy" and the poet?

correct answer They are not the same person.