1. Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem
ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
2. Complete a scansion on 3 lines of the poem. (Identify line length and meter--like the example from "Shall I Compare thee to a Summer's Day).
Down to/ the Pur/itan/ Marrow/ of my/ bones/
There's some/thing in/ this rich/ness that/ I hate./
I love/ the look,/ austere,/ immac/ulate,/
Of land/scapes drawn/ in pear/ly mon/otones.
There's some/thing in/ my very/ blood that/ owns/
Bare hills,/ cold sil/ver on/ a sky/ of slate,/
A thread/ of wat/er, churned/ to mil/ky spate/
Streaming/ through slant/ed past/ures fenced/ with stones./
I love/ those skies,/ thin blue/ or sno/wy gray,/
Those fields/ sparse-plant/ed, rend/ering/ meager/ sheaves;/
That spring,/ briefer/ than ap/ple bloss/om's breath,/
Summer,/ so much/ too beaut/iful/ to stay,/
Swift aut/umn, like/ a bon/fire of/ leaves,/
And sleep/y wint/er, like/ the sleep/ of death./
3. Identify at least 5 images in the poem (Try to find imges that appeal to different senses)
Visual-pearly
Auditory- thread of water
Olfactory-apple's blossom
Tactile-cold silver
Gluttony-milky spate
5. Define the words austere, immaculate, and sheaves
Austere- Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave
Immaculate- Impeccably clean; spotless
Sheaves- A bundle of cut stalks of grain or similar plants bound with straw or twine
6. Identify four sound devices in the poem (assonance, alliteration, consonance)
Alliteration: "Summer, so much too beautiful"
Consonance: �Those fields sparse-planted �
7. What is the speaker's attitude toward the New England winter landscape? The speaker loves the winter landscape because it is the longest. They think its beautiful even though it is very long and sometimes hard to deal with.
8. What view of life does the poem present? It presents how simplicity is easy. Its better.