From Long Distance

What is the name of the author of "From Long Distance" ?

How many stanzas and lines does the poem have?

• 4 stanzas and 12 lines

• 3 stanzas and 12 lines

• 3 stanzas and 16 lines

• 4 stanzas and 16 lines

What is the poet trying to say in the following lines?

Dad kept her slippers warming by the gas,

put hot water bottles her side of the bed

and still went to revew her transport pass.

• The poet's father can't cope with his wife's death.

• The poet's father is going crazy.

• The poet's father is also dead

• The poet's father is waiting for his wife to arrive home.

What are the main themes in Harrison's poem "From Long Distance"

• grief, love, and death

• grief, madness, and happiness

• grief, loss, and joy

How does the author use figurative language in the following line?

"as though his still raw love were such a crime"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• personification

Which of the following statements is true about "From Long Distance"?

• There is a shift on rhyme scheme in the last stanza of the poem.

• There is a presence of happiness all throughout the poem.

• The author vividly portrays the theme of human vs. nature.

• There is a rhyme scheme of ABAB all throughout the poem.

What does the author convey in the next stanza?

I believe that life ends with death, and that is all

You haven't both gone shopping; just the same,

in my new black leather phone book there's your name

and the disconnected number I still call.

• The author's conflict between his rational belief and his way of dealing with loss

• The author's rational way of thinking about grief and death.

• The author is trying to say that he is dead just like his father and mother.

What assumption can we make from this stanza?

I believe that life ends with death, and that is all

You haven't both gone shopping; just the same,

in my new black leather phone book there's your name

and the disconnected number I still call.

• The author just bought a new phone book to keep the names of all of his family and call them.

• The author has gone mad because he is actually dead also as well as his father and mother.

• The author is trying to say that his father is also dead and now he is dealing with his loss in the same way.

How does Harrison uses rhyme in "From Long Distance"

• He creates the same rhyme scheme throughout the poem

• He creates a nice rhythm to the poem with a slight shift in the last stanza.

• He doesn't use rhyme throughout the poem to portray conflict.

• He doesn't use rhyme throughout the poem to show confusion in the author.

Tell me the part that was the most shocking to you from the poem.