"Ashes of Life" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Love has gone and left me and the days are all alike;
Eat I must, and sleep I will, - and would that night were here!
But ah! - to lie awake and hear the slow hours strike!
Would that it were day again! - with twilight near!
Love has gone and left me and I don't know what to do;
This or that or what you will is all the same to me;
But all the things that I begin I leave before I'm through, -
There's little use in anything as far as I can see.
Love has gone and left me, - and the neighbors knock and borrow,
And life goes on forever like the gnawing of a mouse, -
And to-morrow and to-morrow and to-morrow and to-morrow
There's the little street and this little house.
Which correctly identifies the rhyme scheme of the poem?
Question 11 options:
abab cdcd efef
abbb cded fbgb
aabb ccdd eeff
abbb cddd efff
Question 12 (Mandatory) (3 points) Question 12 Unsaved
"Dream Variations" by Langston Hughes
To fling my arms wide
In some place of the sun,
To whirl and to dance
Till the white day is done.
Then rest at cool evening
Beneath a tall tree
While night comes on gently,
Dark like me-
That is my dream!
To fling my arms wide
In the face of the sun,
Dance! Whirl! Whirl!
Till the quick day is done.
Rest at pale evening...
A tall, slim tree...
Night coming tenderly
Black like me.
Which poetic device is seen in the lines "To whirl and to dance Till the white day is done."?
Question 12 options:
Alliteration
Repetition
Metaphor
Personification
Question 13 (Mandatory) (3 points) Question 13 Unsaved
"After the Winter" by Claude McKay
Some day, when trees have shed their leaves
And against the morning's white
The shivering birds beneath the eaves
Have sheltered for the night,
We'll turn our faces southward, love,
Toward the summer isle
Where bamboos spire to shafted grove
And wide-mouthed orchids smile.
And we will seek the quiet hill
Where towers the cotton tree,
And leaps the laughing crystal rill,
And works the droning bee.
And we will build a cottage there
Beside an open glade,
With black-ribbed blue-bells blowing near,
And ferns that never fade.
Which poetic device is seen in the line "And wide-mouthed orchids smile"?
Question 13 options:
Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Question 14 (Mandatory) (3 points) Question 14 Unsaved
Read the following poem and answer the question that follows.
"Wealth" by Langston Hughes
From Christ to Ghandi
Appears this truth—
St. Francis of Assisi
Proves it, too:
Goodness becomes grandeur
Surpassing might of kings.
Halos of kindness
Brighter shine
Than crowns of gold,
And brighter
Than rich diamonds
Sparkles
The simple dew
Of love.
"Crowns of gold and diamonds" are likely symbols of which of these?
Question 14 options:
Earthly riches
Heavenly goodness
Beauty
Royalty
Question 15 (Mandatory) (3 points) Question 15 Unsaved
Read the following poem and answer the question that follows.
"The Bean Eaters" by Gwendolyn Brooks
They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.
Dinner is a casual affair.
Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood,
Tin flatware.
Two who are Mostly Good.
Two who have lived their day,
But keep on putting on their clothes
And putting things away.
And remembering...
Remembering, with twinklings and twinges,
As they lean over the beans in their rented back room that
is full of beads and receipts and dolls and cloths,
tobacco crumbs, vases and fringes.
What best describes the effect of repetition in this poem?
Question 15 options:
It suggests there is more to life than this couple will ever experience.
It reinforces the couple's ordinary existence.
It challenges the reader to look more closely at the poem's structure.
It highlights the idea that life is short and uninteresting.
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The Ashes of Life is a well-known title that will create the speculation of various thoughts.
You can also conclude that this lesson is regarding the ruins and pains of life as well as life after some major crisis like fire.
Even though this poem is equipped with some troubling and sad parts, but it also brings you the feel of real love and also hope.
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