Question

d. neither of these poems
e. both of these poems
a patch of old snow
robert frost
theres a patch of old snow in a corner
that i should have guessed
was a blow - away paper the rain
had brought to rest.

it is speckled with grime as if
small print overspread it,
the news of a day ive forgotten—
if i ever read it.

bee, im expecting you!
emily dickenson
bee, im expecting you!
was saying yesterday
to somebody you know
that you were due.

the frogs got home last week,
are settled and at work,
birds mostly back,
the clover warm and thick.

youll get my letter by
the seventeenth; reply,
or better, be with me.
yours,
fly.

1. which of the above poems uses rhyme?

a. a patch of old snow b. bee, im expecting you c. neither d. both

1. which of the above poems uses more personification?

a. a patch of old snow b. bee, im expecting you c. neither d. both

1. which of the above poems uses simile?

a. a patch of old snow b. bee, im expecting you c. neither d. both

1. which of the above poems uses hyperbole?

a. a patch of old snow b. bee, im expecting you c. neither d. both

1. which of the above poems resembles a letter?

a. a patch of old snow b. bee, im expecting you c. neither d. both

Explanation:

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To determine which poem uses rhyme, we analyze the end - words of each line in both poems. In "Bee, I'm Expecting You", we can see rhyming patterns: "you" and "due" (in the first stanza), "week" and "thick" (in the second stanza), "seventeenth" and "me" (in the third stanza) have similar vowel and consonant sounds at the end. In "A Patch of Old Snow", the end - words like "corner", "guessed", "paper", "rest", "grime", "it", "forgotten", "read it" do not have a consistent rhyming pattern. So only "Bee, I'm Expecting You" uses rhyme.

Personification is giving human - like qualities to non - human things. In "Bee, I'm Expecting You", the bee is addressed as if it can receive a letter and respond, the frogs are said to be "at work", and the speaker writes a letter to the bee as if it is a person. In "A Patch of Old Snow", the snow is described but not given human actions or qualities. So "Bee, I'm Expecting You" uses more personification.

A simile uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison. In "A Patch of Old Snow", the line "It is speckled with grime as if / Small print overspread it" uses "as" to compare the grime on the snow to small print. "Bee, I'm Expecting You" does not use "like" or "as" for comparison. So only "A Patch of Old Snow" uses a simile.

Answer:

b. Bee, I'm Expecting You

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