Comparing Poetry - Review

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The poet's purpose in "Ode to enchanted light" is to

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praise or celebrate light.

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"The world is / a glass overflowing / with water" is an example of...

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a metaphor.

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What image does Pablo Neruda create with the simile in lines 8-9, "drifting down like clean / white sand"?

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the way light falls down from the sky

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The image in lines 10-11 of "Ode to enchanted light" ("A cicada sends / its sawing song") appeals to the sense of

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hearing.

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What does Pablo Neruda mean by saying "The world is / a glass overflowing / with water." (lines 13-15)?

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The wonder and beauty of nature are endless.

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"She took me back so tenderly, arranging / her dark skirts, her pockets / full of lichens and seeds." This example of personification suggests the image of...

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sleeping in the lap of the earth

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Example of simile in "Sleeping in the Forest"?

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but my thoughts, and they floated / light as moths among the branches

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Imagery from "Sleeping in the Forest" suggests a feeling of

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contentment.

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From evidence in "Sleeping in the Forest," you can infer that

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nature soothes the speaker.

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"Ode to enchanted light" and "Sleeping in the Forest" are alike in that they both

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present a positive view of nature.