Which does not represent the theme of time / temporality in Sailing to Byzantium

"And be the singing-masters of my soul"

Which of the following is NOT imagery in Sailing to Byzantium?

"My bodily form from any natural thing"

"You have lacked articulate speech / to tell Your simplest want" describes...

The child's helplessness and innocence

"It's certain there is no fine thing / Since Adam's fall but needs much laboring" describes

Ever since the expulsion from Eden, everything requires work

Nostalgia is embodied in which two lines?

"Precedents out of beautiful old books", "I strove / to love you in the old high way of love"

What is the definition of an allusion?

a reference without mentioning it explicitly

Heroic couplets are defined as

rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter

Why does the speaker desire to sail to Byzantium?

He no longer feels belonging in the world because of his age

Which of the following lines are metapoetic in "Adam's Curse"?

"For to articulate sweet sounds together Is to work harder"

What is the definition of dichotomy?

A division or contrast between two things that are opposites

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1
aggressive, calm, disorienting, crowded, quiet
Mode
Lyric
Diction
Imagery
2
Which poem makes effective use of heroic couplets?
Introduction to Poetry
Sailing to Byzantium
Ephemera
Adam's Curse
3
Which does not represent the theme of time / temporality in Sailing to Byzantium
"An aged man is but a paltry thing"
"Of what is past, or passing, or to come"
"And be the singing-masters of my soul"
"What is begotten, born, and dies"
4
Which of the following is NOT imagery in Sailing to Byzantium?
"A tattered coat upon a stick
"Of hammered gold and gold enameling"
"The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas"
"My bodily form from any natural thing"
5
"You have lacked articulate speech / to tell Your simplest want" describes...
The child's advanced vocabulary
The child's helplessness and innocence
The child's desire for toys
The child's conversations with his father
6
"It's certain there is no fine thing / Since Adam's fall but needs much laboring" describes
Cheap materials are abundant since Adam fell
Ever since the expulsion from Eden, everything requires work
The expulsion from Eden was necessary for commercialism
Adam lacks skill in producing finery
7
Nostalgia is embodied in which two lines?
"Our stitching and unstitching has been naught"
"Precedents out of beautiful old books"
"I strove / to love you in the old high way of love"
"Since Adam's fall but needs much laboring"
8
Which of the following represents dichotomy?
"A woman and a man"
"Fertile and waste"
"Of flesh and bone"
"That waits upon his future days"
9
What is the definition of an allusion?
a thing that is interpreted by the senses
a reference without mentioning it explicitly
A reference whose source is directly stated
10
an abstraction made into a person
Anthropomorphism
Metaphor
Personification
Tone
11
Heroic couplets are defined as
rhyming quatrains in dactylic tetrameter
rhyming dimeter
rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter
rhyming couplets in iambic trimeter
12
Why does the speaker desire to sail to Byzantium?
He no longer feels belonging in the world because of his age
He's always wanted to travel the world
He wants to paint like ancient age
He wants to serve an emperor
13
Which of the following lines are metapoetic in "Adam's Curse"?
"For to articulate sweet sounds together Is to work harder"
"We saw the last ember of daylight die"
"We sat together at one summer's end"
"Since Adam's fall but needs much laboring"
14
"[poetry] is to work harder than all these, and yet / be thought an idler" conveys what tone?
cynical / optimistic
satisfied / pleased
unappreciated / frustrated
overworked / sympathetic
15
What is the definition of dichotomy?
Two things being placed together with contrasting effect
A division or contrast between two things that are opposites
A comparison between two things
the property of having contradictory tendencies

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