Question

It sifts from Leaden Sieves
by Emily Dickinson

It sifts from leaden sieves,
It powders all the wood,
It fills with alabaster wool
The wrinkles of the road.

It makes an even face
Of mountain and of plain, --
Unbroken forehead from the east
Unto the east again.

It reaches to the fence,
It wraps it, rail by rail,
Till it is lost in fleeces;
It flings a crystal veil

On stump and stack and stem, --
The summer's empty room,
Acres of seams where harvests were,
Recordless, but for them.

It ruffles wrists of posts,
As ankles of a queen, --
Then stills its artisans like ghosts,
Denying they have been.



"It Sifts from Leaden Sieves" by Emily Dickinson

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Question
Use the poem “It sifts from Leaden Sieves” below to answer the question.

In the first stanza, what is the effect of the words with w and o sounds (powders, Wood, Wool, Road)?

(1 point)
Responses

It humorously evokes the nasal sound of someone who has a winter head cold.
It humorously evokes the nasal sound of someone who has a winter head cold.

It suggests a soft, slow sighing, as of the winter wind.
It suggests a soft, slow sighing, as of the winter wind.

It creates a sound of deep mourning and wailing.
It creates a sound of deep mourning and wailing.

It reminds the reader of the word snow.

Molly Maguire at Monmouth
by William Collins

Surged the roar of battle round them,

Swiftly flew the iron hail,

Forward dashed a thousand bayonets,

That lone battery to assail.

From the foeman’s foremost columns

Swept a furious fusillade,

Mowing down the massed battalions

In the ranks of Greene’s Brigade.



"Molly Maguire at Monmouth" by William Collins

Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

Which line uses imagery that invokes the sense of sound?

(1 point)
Responses

Mowing down the massed battalions
Mowing down the massed battalions

Surged the roar of battle round them,
Surged the roar of battle round them,

Forward dashed a thousand bayonets,
Forward dashed a thousand bayonets,

From the foeman’s foremost columns
From the foeman’s foremost columns

Which is an example of an extended metaphor?(1 point)
Responses

two lines in a poem that says an otter’s eye looks like a black walnut
two lines in a poem that says an otter’s eye looks like a black walnut

a poem that is about how the rain walks all over the city at different speeds
a poem that is about how the rain walks all over the city at different speeds

a line in a poem that says a man’s voice is the boom of a baritone
a line in a poem that says a man’s voice is the boom of a baritone

an entire poem comparing a swimmer to a dolphin

It sifts from leaden sieves
by Emily Dickinson

It sifts from Leaden Sieves -
It powders all the Wood.
It fills with Alabaster Wool
The Wrinkles of the Road -

It makes an Even Face
Of Mountain, and of Plain -
Unbroken Forehead from the East
Unto the East again -

It reaches to the Fence -
It wraps it Rail by Rail
Till it is lost in Fleeces -
It deals Celestial Vail

To Stump, and Stack - and Stem -
A Summer’s empty Room -
Acres of Joints, where Harvests were,
Recordless, but for them -

It Ruffles Wrists of Posts
As Ankles of a Queen -
Then stills its Artisans - like Ghosts -
Denying they have been -



"It Sifts from Leaden Sieves" by Emily Dickinson

Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

What image does the metaphor in the first stanza evoke?

(1 point)
Responses

Snow comes down steadily in the winter.
Snow comes down steadily in the winter.

Snow covers the mountain, creating a human face.
Snow covers the mountain, creating a human face.

Snow makes a rumpled blanket of the road.
Snow makes a rumpled blanket of the road.

Snow covers the trees in the forest.

Answer 1

1) It suggests a soft, slow sighing, as of the winter wind.

2) Surged the roar of battle round them,

3) an entire poem comparing a swimmer to a dolphin

4) Snow makes a rumpled blanket of the road.