Question

Introduction to Poetry
By Billy Collins

I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive.

I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,
or walk inside the poem’s room
and feel the walls for a light switch.

I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author’s name on the shore.

But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.

They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.

1. Does this poem have meter or is it free verse? *
Meter
Free verse
2. How many stanzas is it? *
3. Identify three or more words that use assonance. *
4. Identify three or more words that use consonance. *
5. Quote THREE examples of different types of figurative language used in the poem and identify what figurative language device it is an example of. *
6. Who is the speaker in this poem? What are they trying to say? Cite evidence from the poem to support your ideas. *
7. What is tone of this poem? What specific words create this tone? *

Answer 1

Answer:

yes I know the explanation of this poem it is my favorite