Question

Match the poems to their notable characteristics. Tiles "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" "In a Station of the Metro" "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" "A Bird in the House" Pairs Characteristics Poem free verse; an exploration of the response to death and loss arrowBoth precise imagery; economy of language arrowBoth repetition of lines; fragments with different structures arrowBoth traditional form; nontraditional treatment of theme arrowBoth

Answer 1

• Free verse; an exploration of the response to death and loss = 4. a bird in the house. It talks about death in a symbolic way
• Precise imagery; economy of language = 2. in a station of the metro by Ezra Pound. The poem is very short but describes the image perfectly
• Repetition of lines; fragments with different structures = 1. the love song of j. Alfred Prufock. some lines are repeated
• Traditional form; nontraditional treatment of theme = 3. an Irish airman foresees his death. Traditional form includes rhymes

Answer 2

- free verse; an exploration of the response to death and loss = 4. a bird in the house. It talks about death in a symbolic way

- precise imagery; economy of language = 2. in a station of the metro by Ezra Pound. The poem is very short but describes the image perfectly

- repetition of lines; fragments with different structures = 1. the love song of j. alfred prufock. some lines are repeated

- traditional form; nontraditional treatment of theme = 3. an irish airman foresees his death. Traditional form includes rhymes