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ECA practice: Emily Dickinson poem Literary Comprehension and Analysis

ECA practice: Emily Dickinson poem Literary Comprehension and Analysis. “Musicians Wrestle Everywhere!” by Emily Dickinson. MUSICIANS wrestle everywhere: All day, among the crowded air,    I hear the silver strife; And— waking long before the dawn— Such transport breaks upon the town

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ECA practice: Emily Dickinson poem Literary Comprehension and Analysis

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  1. ECA practice:Emily Dickinson poemLiterary Comprehension and Analysis

  2. “Musicians Wrestle Everywhere!”by Emily Dickinson MUSICIANS wrestle everywhere: All day, among the crowded air,    I hear the silver strife; And— waking long before the dawn— Such transport breaks upon the town I think it that “new life!”    It is not bird, it has no nest; Nor band, in brass and scarlet dressed,    Nor tambourine, nor man; It is not hymn from pulpit read,— The morning stars the treble led    On time’s first afternoon!    Some say it is the spheres at play! Some say that bright majority    Of vanished dames and men! Some think it service in the place Where we, with late, celestial place,    Please God, shall ascertain!

  3. Which word BEST describes the speaker’s tone in the poem? A) admiring B) calm C) confused D) shocked

  4. 2) The phrase “silver strife” in line 2 is an example of which literary device? A) alliteration B) hyperbole C) imagery D) personification

  5. 3) Which figurative language device is used throughout lines 6-12? “I think it that “new life” / It is not bird, it has no nest; / Nor band, in brass and scarlet dressed, / Nor tambourine, nor man; / It is not hymn from pulpit read, / The morning stars the treble led / On time’s first afternoon!” A) satire B) simile C) metaphor D) extended metaphor

  6. 4) What is the topic explored by the speaker? A) the identity of the musicians B) the conflicts of the musicians C) if God is pleased with the musicians D) the reason the musicians are so active

  7. “It is not hymn from pulpit read.” 5) What stylistic device is being used? A) alliteration B) assonance C) inversion D) symbolism

  8. Contact your English Teacher for the Answers

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