A Noiseless Patient Spider

Which is an example of consonance?

• Vacant vast

• noiseless patient spider

• surrounded, detached

• gossamer thread

In the poem, a connection is made

• between web and worry

• between promontory and an ocean

• between the spider and the soul

• between filament and an anchor

In the poem, what does the spider and the man's soul have in common?

• They are both stuck

• They are both seeking something to cling to and hold on to.

• They are both tired

• They are both loud.

In the poem "A Noiseless, Patient Spider," the words vacant and vast are an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

In the poem "A Noiseless, Patient Spider," the line "O my soul where you stand" contains an example of

• haiku

• simile

• personification

• cataloging

In the poem "A Noiseless, Patient Spider," "Ever reeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them" is an example of

• parallelism

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

In the poem "A Noiseless, Patient Spider," a connection is made

• between web and worry

• between a ocean cliff and the sea

• between the spider and the soul

• between filament and a ship's anchor

In the poem "A Noiseless, Patient Spider," "Filament, filament, filament" is an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• paralellism

• repetition

In the poem "A Noiseless, Patient Spider," what do the spider and the man's soul have in common?

• They are both stuck and unable to move forward in life.

• They are both seeking something to cling to and hold on to.

• They are both tired of living in the regular, everyday world.

• They are both loud, trying to gain the attention of the people around them.

In the poem 'A Noiseless Patient Spider,' what literary device is used in the phrase 'vacant vast'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification