The poem begins with which poetic device?
Personification
Repetition
Metaphor
Simile
'Permutations of possibilities' is an example of which poetic device?
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Rhyme
True or false: the poem is written in free verse.
True
False
I have no idea (I'll ask Mr Cole later)!
'They build and will not stop' evokes what feeling?
Happiness at so many new building being built.
Sadness that we do not know who they are.
Shock at the amount of new buildings being built.
Threat at the relentless approach from these unknown planners.
'Even the sea draws back and the skies surrender' means...
The war with the nature has been lost.
Buildings are dominating the skyline and even encroaching upon the oceans.
The buildings are being constructed on revolutionary new reinforced clouds.
It is a nice sunny day - let's go to the beach!
6. Multiple Choice
How many stanzas are in the poem?
One
Two
Three
Er, what's a stanza again, Mr Cole?
The second stanza contains an extended metaphor likening what to what?
The planners to dentists.
The buildings to dentists.
The open spaces to grids.
Mr Cole to a derelict Dubai skyscraper.
'Dental dexterity' and 'gleaming gold' are examples of what poetic device?
Personification
Consonance
Assonance
Alliteration
'Anaesthesia, amnesia, hypnosis.' This is the sarcastic description of the public being...?
Put to sleep, made to eat too much, tortured.
Metaphorically sedated, erased of memory, brainwashed into believing that the new buildings are a positive thing.
Punched, kicked, slapped around.
Told off, forgotten about, exiled.
'...the blueprint
of our past's tomorrow.'
What does the word 'blueprint' refer to?
An architectural term for a plan of a building.
A book that is made from the wood of the infamous bluetree.
Something the Yeti left in the sand when it was cold.
Mr Cole's splendid new blue sunglasses.
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