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Q. "The Last Words of my English Grandmother" makes frequent use of what poetic device?
Enjambment
Alliteration
Assonance
A wordy blender
Q. The poem is an example of what style of poetry?
Ballad
Free verse
Epic
Slam
Q. "The Last Words of my English Grandmother" is a great example of the way Williams wanted his poetry to be distinctly_____ .
Weird
American
English
Mongolian
Q. The poem frequently makes use of which of the following?
A regular rhyme scheme
Formal meter
Dialogue
Shmoop's car, and it never brought it back.
Q. Which of the following is used to paint a grim picture of the grandmother's sickroom?
Sense imagery
Enjambment
Consonance
Finger paint