Keeping Orchids test questions

1

What is the main literary technique used in relation to the orchids?

2

What is the name given to the repetition of vowel sounds in a line?

3

What does the phrase broken waters remind us of?

4

What does Kay remember from meeting with her mother?

5

What is the effect of the enjambment throughout the poem?

6

Why does the mother's hands fold and unfold the carrier bag?

7

What do the minor sentences Compressed. Airtight. suggest about the mother's life story?

8

What does the line A door opens and closes. suggest?

9

Which poetic technique is used in my winter room?

10

How does the last line connect to the poet's past?