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5 cards from this section. Quick, good the night before a test.
Name the literary device in the phrase "the clock's loneliness" in stanza 1, and explain it.
Ask who is really lonely in the room.
Give one example of alliteration in the poem, say where it occurs, and describe its effect.
Look for neighbouring words that begin with the same consonant sound.
What is the governing device of the whole poem?
The title joins the two halves of the comparison.
Which device describes giving the speaker's own loneliness to the clock?
The feeling is moved from one thing to another.
Write an analytical paragraph explaining how Hughes uses imagery to make the fox's arrival vivid. Use short references to the poem (no more than a few words at a time) and explain their effects.
Follow the senses in the order in which they appear, and comment on the effect of each.
Create a table of six literary devices in the poem. For each, give its name, where it occurs (stanza number) and its effect.
Choose devices from different families: metaphor, imagery, sound and structure.
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