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Linda PastanTo a Daughter Leaving Home
Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1998A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Literary Device Answers
1. B.
2. D. Enjambment is the continuation of a sentence or thought past the end of a line of poetry. “To a Daughter Leaving Home” is one long sentence with few pauses. The unexpected line breaks create a sense of immediacy and mirror the mother’s breathlessness and the daughter’s unsteadiness.
3. B. The speaker directly addresses the poem to their daughter.
4. C. A simile is a comparison using the words “like” or “as.”
5. Short answer: There are several acceptable answers, including the “o” sounds in “wobbled,” “on,” and “round” (Lines 5-6), the “a” sounds in “crash” and “catch” (Lines 13-14), or the “a” sounds in “laughter” and “flapping” (Lines 19-21).
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