Fig. Lang. Evaluation

What is Ironic about this poem?

What effect does the irony have on the poem?

Which type of figurative language is in this excerpt?

• Simile

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

How does the fig. lang. in the excerpt help you understand the speaker's experience?

What type of figurative language is in this part of the poem?

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Imagery

What impact does the figurative language have?

Which phrase(s) contain a metaphor?

• I am not my body

• We are how earth knows

• We are brief incarnations/we are clouds in clothes

What is the meaning of the metaphor in the selection?

Why is the metaphor included? What impact does it have on this section of the poem?

What kind of figurative language is present in this stanza?

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile