Comparing how poets create effect in unseen poetry | Exit Quiz | Oak National Academy

Both Laskey's 'Nobody' and Robertson's 'Donegal' use ...

• enjambment.

• caesuras.

• juxtaposition.

Answer explanation

The use of enjambment in both poems could reflect the sense of life constantly moving and changing.

'Lacking in movement, action, or change' is the definition of ...

Answer explanation

Arguably, both 'Nobody' and 'Donegal' create a sense of progression and movement throughout.

The closing line of Laskey's 'Nobody' creates a sense of ...

• missed opportunities.

• taken opportunities.

• a lack of opportunities.

Answer explanation

The final image of Laskey's 'Nobody' is of the untrodden snow which could be a metaphor for opportunities in life that aren't taken advantage of.

The use of second-person narrative ...

• creates a sense of an individual experience.

• invites the reader to experience the action.

• invites the reader to see a lot different views.

Answer explanation

Arguably, Laskey's 'Nobody' uses second-person narrative voice to ask the reader to reflect on how they live their life.

'The state or fact of lasting only for a short time' is the definition of ...

Answer explanation

Arguably, both Laskey's 'Nobody' and Robertson's 'Donegal' consider the transience of life and relationships.

Arguably, Laskey's 'Nobody' and Robertson's 'Donegal' end on the perspective of ...

• the speaker watching something or someone.

• a bird's eye vision.

• the speaker watching themselves.

Answer explanation

Potentially, both poems end with a sense of watching someone or something because it might mimic the sensation of watching your own life pass you by.