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Eng 5th Poetry
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name 2 poems and the poet | ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers and I felt a Funeral, in my brain and the name of the poet is Emily Dickinson |
| ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers | P1 'Hope' is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words — And never stops - at all - P2 And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard - And sore must be the storm - P3 Yet, never, in Extremity, It asked a crumb - o |
| I felt a Funeral, in my brain | P1 And when they all were seated, A Service, like a Drum - Kept beating - beating - till I thought My Mind was going numb - P2 And then I heard them lift a Box And creak across my Soul- P3 And I, and Silence, some strange Race Wrecked, solitary, here - |
| What is Sibilance | Sibilance is the repetition of "s" or other hissing The siv snake slithered. sounds in words, creating a hissing or whistling effect. E.g “Sore must be the storm” |