In “Because I could not stop for Death,” Which is the BEST paraphrase of the final stanza?
a. The horses were headed for eternity that day so many centuries ago.
b. It was a short ride from my house to the cemetery, but the horses knew the way.
c. It's been centuries since then, but each century seems shorter than the day I died.
d. I wasn't sure where the horses were going, but I've had centuries to think about it.

What is Starr’s view on family?

Keeping the last three paragraphs in mind, what does the last sentence in the story mean; “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”?

What is ironic about Mrs. Mallard's private reaction to her husband’s death?

What is the tone in stanzas 1-8? What is the tonal shift in stanza 9?

In “Because I could not stop for Death,” What is the theme of the poem?

Maverick’s rose garden can be seen as a symbol in this book. What do you think it represents?

In the last three paragraphs, Nick makes the symbol of the green light very concrete. What does the green light symbolize?

In lines 45-58 the narrator begins to reveal Mrs. Mallard's true feelings about being a widow. What theme is suggested through this situational irony?

What does the speaker really mean by the expression, “...breaking into the poem...with a flashlight and a ski mask”?

How does Emily Dickinson develop the theme of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"?

Why does Starr feel she has to code switch at school?

In the end, we know Daisy loves Gatsby. Why isn’t Daisy really able to be with Gatsby?

The doctor says that Mrs. Mallard dies of "joy that kills." How is this an example of dramatic irony?

What does the author mean in “The Trouble with Poetry,” when he says “the amusement park of a book”?

In “I Hear America Singing,” In lines 10-11, what attitude does the speaker express toward the young men.
The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.

How is Tupac’s “THUG LIFE” a motif, a recurring element in a work that has symbolic meaning, throughout the novel?

Cars are a motif, a recurring element in a work that has symbolic meaning, in the novel. Nick mentions seeing a car in a ditch, “...violently shorn of one wheel,...” then Jordan almost hits a worker because she is careless and Nick responds. “...it takes two to make an accident.,” and then Nick is suddenly aware of his own mortality at the end, so when he says, “we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight,..” What do all these car references foreshadow in the novel?

When Mrs. Sommers first feels the silk stockings, they “glide serpentlike through her fingers.” What does a serpent often symbolize in western culture as it pertains to the story?

How does poetry make the speaker feel in stanzas 5 and 6?
This music is loud yet so confidential.
I cannot help feeling even more
like the center of the universe
than usual as I walk along to a rapid
little version of "The Way You Look Tonight,"

³¹and all I can say to my fellow pedestrians,
to the woman in the white sweater,
the man in the tan raincoat and the heavy glasses,
who mistake themselves for the center of the universe --
all I can say is watch your step,

Why does the speaker say that each person’s singing “should be blithe and strong”?

The climax of the novel is when Starr testifies and the jury does not indict Officer One-Fifteen. What two things occur in the falling action due to these events?

Why does Nick feel responsible for getting people to the funeral?

What is the story’s climax? Why does this make sense?

Starr compares the riots and violence following Khalil's death to fireworks on the Fourth of July, “It sounds like the Fourth of July behind us: pop after pop after pop.” What effect does this simile have on the events that are taking place?