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Cards (9)
Dramatic monologue with regular rhyme scheme
suggests routine
loss of innocence
and a
cycle of suffering
Who is the author of "Death of a Naturalist"?
Seamus Heaney
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What type of verse is used in "Death of a Naturalist"?
Unrhymed
verse
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What does the lack of a rhyme scheme in the poem suggest?
Unpredictability
of nature and change
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What is the structure of the poem described as?
Ambiguous
pentameter
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How is the speaker in the poem characterized?
Breathless with excitement of
childhood
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What type of language is used in the poem to convey feelings?
Negative language
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What literary device is used to describe frogs in the poem?
Simile
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What imagery is presented in the poem regarding entrapment?
Image of entrapment and
inescapability
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