ASSESSMENT 1

by Robert C. Hamilton

Walter Scott in memoriam

Choose the analogy that best fits the example provided. All answers may ultimately prove to be tentative and/or unsatisfying.

1). traffic : stop ::

a). black : white
b). feel : cop
c). fight : flight
d). floor : mop

2). phone : scene ::

a). proscenium : stage
b). atonement : hate
c). lens : insect
d). Woodward : Watergate 

 3). white : black ::

a). parasite : host
b). heart : attack
c). vampire : ghost
d). pistol : crack 

4). Walter : Scott

a). Rob Roy : Rowena
b). running : breath
c). lion : hyena
d). pigment : death

Robert C. Hamilton's poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in the Blue Bonnet Review, The Curator, and the Eunoia Review. His work was twice selected to receive a Poetry in the Arts, Inc. award, at the Beall Poetry Festivals of 2011 (judged by John Koethe) and 2013 (judged by A.E. Stallings). He teaches English at a small college in Texas, where he is also the faculty advisor to the student literary magazine.