Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region 02
Division of Nueva Vizcaya
BAMBANG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Bambang

REMEDIAL EXAM IN POETRY ANALYSIS

Name: ________________________________________________________________ Grade 12 ____________ Score: ___________

Directions: Read, understand and analyze the poem “Courage” by Anne Sexton then answer the
questions that follow. Use the back page of your paper.

1. Who is the speaker in this poem? What kind of person

is he or she?

2. To whom is the speaker speaking, or in other words,

who is the audience?

3. Discuss the different types of courage the speaker is

describing in each stanza.

4. What figure of speech is used in line 20? What two

things are being compared?

5. What figure of speech is used in line 25? What two

things are being compared?

6. Describe the implied metaphor in line 30.

7. What figure of speech is used in line 33?

8. Find other examples of similes, metaphors, and

personification and explain what is being compared.
(1 example each)

9. What do you think is the most important line of the

poem? Why do you think so?

10. Give 3 symbols used by the author in the poem and

explain the meaning in relation to how they are used
in the poem.

11. What issues are raised about society/relationships or

life?

12. Based on your analysis, what do you think is the

author’s purpose in writing this poem?