Language in 'To A Nightingale'
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- In this lesson, we will continue to examine Charlotte Smith's 'To A Nightingale' and consider how her use of rhetorical questions and symbolism convey her emotions to her reader.
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8 Questions
Q1.
What form is the poem written in?
Ballad
Epic
Narrative
Q2.
Which word means 'feeling sad without really knowing why'?
Angst
Hubris
Schadenfreude
Q3.
Who or what does Smith say that the nightingale is telling its story to?
A forest
A portrait hanging on the wall
William Wordsworth
Q4.
'Sweet sorrow' and 'Mournful melody' are examples of what?
Anadiplosis
Anaphora
Personification
Q5.
Which word means 'the events of someone's life being beyond their control'?
Isolation
Peripeteia
Semantics
Q6.
Smith wonders if the nightingale had been hurt by:
A fox
Family
Fate
Q7.
Smith suggests that the nightingale might also have been hurt by a love which went bad. Which word does she use to describe the nightingale?
Bystander
Champion
Hero
Q8.
Ultimately, we learn that Smith is _________ because the nightingale can fly away and leave its problems behind and she can't.
Angry
Melancholy
Sad
7 Questions
Q1.
Who wrote 'To A Nightingale'?
Carol Ann Duffy
William Shakespeare
William Wordsworth
Q2.
What form of poem is 'To A Nightingale'?
Ballad
Epic poem
Narrative poem
Q3.
Which word best describes the tone of the poem?
Angry
Happy
Wistful
Q4.
What type of question is one which does not require an answer?
Analytical
Exclamatory
Interrogative
Q5.
Charlotte Smith does not use any rhetorical questions in her poem.
True
Q6.
Symbolism is an example of...
A simile
Prose
Rhetoric
Q7.
What is a symbol for Charlotte Smith's freedom?
Music
Sadness
The night