Question

1) Which best states the theme of both poems? A) We should be grateful for what we have.
B) Without love, there is nothing.
C) Riches are not important.
D) We should not want to gain less than the whole.

2) Which device does the poet use in the poem "Thanksgiving"?
A) metaphor
B) personification
C) repetition
D) hyperbole

What lines best support your answer to #2?

Poems:

Thanksgiving:

For each new morning with it's light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
Everything Thy goodness sends.

Poem 655:

Without this- there is nought-
All other Riches be
As is the Twitter of a Bird-
Heard opposite the Sea-

I could not care- to gain
A lesser than the Whole-
For did not this include themself-
As Seams- include the Ball?

I wished a way might be
My Heart to subdivide-
'Twould magnify- the Gratitude-
And not reduce- the Gold-

Answer 1

1. A2. C3. It repeats For at the beginning of each line, and blessings they are grateful for with rhymes.


I think these are the most correct answers, and nobody has answered in 19 hours so it's worth a try.