Read this excerpt from Phillis Wheatley's poem "To His Excellency General Washington," and complete the sentence that follows.
Celestial choir! enthron'd in realms of light,
Columbia's scenes of glorious toils I write.
While freedom's cause her anxious breast alarms,
She flashes dreadful in refulgent arms.
See mother earth her offspring's fate bemoan,
And nations gaze at scenes before unknown!
See the bright beams of heaven's revolving light
Involved in sorrows and the veil of night!
The iambic pentameter in the poem creates an even ? and complements the poem as a ?
1.tone, rythem,music,verse
2.sorrowful elegy, formal tribute,rebellious song, social commentary
Answers
We begin by defining Iambic pentameter.
This is a metrical foot in poetry in which a stressed syllable is followed by unstressed syllable.
Iambic pentameter uses 10 syllables in a line.
It creates an even tone in the poem.
We can now answer the question.
The correct word to fill the first gap is :
1) Tone
The correct word to fill the second gap is :
2)Sorrowful elegy
Reason : The poem describes the fate of the freedom fighters as a sad end.
The iambic pentameter in the poem creates an even rhythm and complements the poem as a formal tribute.
Wheatley wrote the poem “To His Excellency General Washington,” as an inspiring address to the George Washington and praised the American Revolution as the virtuous cause.
The poem is an important, imaginative and skillfully created masterpiece of the American history.