Question

Match the excerpt of Lowell’s “For the union dead” with the appropriate poetic device.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. "A savage servility/slides by on grease" - Alliteration, when words that start with the same sound or same letter are used repeatedly.

2. "For the dark downward and vegetating kingdom" - Personification, is the metaphor used to paint an image in the mind of the reader; to emphasize a point.

3. "The monument sticks like a fish one" - Simile, that is when the words "like" or "as" are used to compare two different things.

4. "William James could almost hear the bronze negroes breathe" - Imagery, is the literary term to describe appealing to our senses.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The matches are:

1. "A savage servility/slides by on grease" - Alliteration, when words that start with the same sound or same letter are used repeatedly.

2. "For the dark downward and vegetating kingdom" - Personification, is the metaphor used to paint an image in the mind of the reader; to emphasize a point.

3. "The monument sticks like a fish one" - Simile, that is when the words "like" or "as" are used to compare two different things.

4. "William James could almost hear the bronze negroes breathe" - Imagery, is the literary term to describe appealing to our senses.