Sonnet with Bird

In "Sonnet, With Bird," what has happened to make the speaker so sorrowful?

• a conversation with his mother about a friend

• missing his wife at home

• the death of a childhood friend

• moving off the reservation

What emotion does the speaker in "Sonnet, With Bird" feel?

• nostalgia

• loneliness

• contempt

• pride

How does "Sonnet, With Bird" differ from a traditional sonnet?

• It does not follow the ideas of love and adoration

• It's setting is too modern

• It is not divided into stanzas and couplets

• It has more than 14 lines

In “Sonnet, With Bird,” what event causes the speaker great sorrow?

• The death of the childhood friend he once visited.

• The death of his bird.

• The death of his parents.

• The loss of his job.

What do the details in this passage suggest are the reasons that the speaker associates quails with Indians?

"A gathering of quail is called a bevy. A gathering of Indians is called a tribe. When quails speak, they call it a song. When Indians sing, the air is heavy with grief. When quails grieve, they lie down next to their dead. When Indians die, the quail speaks."

• Both speak and both fly.

• Both live together in groups and both grieve when one dies.

• Both get along and both die.

• Both have leaders and both are kind.

What is one meaning of the Latin prefix en-?

• To put into a new state of being.

• To be above

• To go around

• To deal with the Earth

What is theme?

• the rhyme scheme of a poem

• the title of a poem

• the type of poem

• a central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work.

In "Elliptical," about whom could the speaker most likely be speaking?

• the oppressors

• political opponents

• people who are born here

• a group it looks down on