7The following text is from Thomas Hardy’s 1917 poem “A Backward Spring.” He describes a scene taking place as winter approaches.The trees are afraid to put forth buds,    And there is timidity in the grass;    The plots lie gray where gouged by spuds,  And whether next week will pass    Free of sly sour winds is the fret of each bush  Of barberry waiting to bloom.     Yet the snowdrop's face betrays no gloom,    And the primrose pants in its heedless push,    Though the myrtle asks if it's worth the fight  This year with frost and rime  To venture one more time    On delicate leaves and buttons of white    From the selfsame bough as at last year's prime,    And never to ruminate on or remember    What happened to it in mid-December.7 Mark For Review7Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?A) It introduces a theme that explains the meaning of the opening lines of the poem.B) It presents an idea that subtly contrasts the imagery given in the opening lines of the poem.C) It continues the idea expressed in the opening lines of the poem.D) It functions as a transition to the second stanza.

The following text is from Robert Burns’ 1781 poem, “Winter: A Dirge.”The sweeping blast, the sky o'ercast,The joyless winter dayLet others fear, to me more dearThan all the pride of May:The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul,My griefs it seems to join;The leafless trees my fancy please,Their fate resembles mine!6Mark for ReviewCross out answer choices you think are wrong.ABCWhich choice best states the main purpose of the text?ATo express the speaker's preference for winter over spring and stormsBTo describe the soothing effect of the tempest's howl on the speaker's soulCTo draw a parallel between the leafless trees and the speaker's own state of beingDTo convey the speaker's sense of joy and connection with nature during winter

Read this poem:How like a winter hath my absence beenFrom thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!What old December's bareness every where!And yet this time removed was summer's time;The teeming autumn, big with rich increase,Bearing the wanton burden of the prime,Like widow'd wombs after their lords' decease:Yet this abundant issue seem'd to meBut hope of orphans and unfather'd fruit;For summer and his pleasures wait on thee,And, thou away, the very birds are mute;Or, if they sing, 'tis with so dull a cheerThat leaves look pale, dreading the winter's near.What type of poem is this?A.OdeB.SestinaC.HaikuD.SonnetSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

“Lines Written in Early Spring” is a 1798 poem byWilliam Wordsworth. In the poem, the speakerdescribes having contradictory feelings whileexperiencing the sights and sounds of a springday: _______Which quotation from “Lines Written in EarlySpring” most effectively illustrates the claim?A) “Through primrose-tufts, in that sweet bower, /The periwinkle trail’d its wreathes; / And ’tis myfaith that every flower / Enjoys the air itbreathes.”B) “The budding twigs spread out their fan, / Tocatch the breezy air; / And I must think, do all Ican, / That there was pleasure there.”C) “The birds around me hopp’d and play’d: / Theirthoughts I cannot measure, / But the leastmotion which they made, / It seem’d a thrill ofpleasure.”D) “I heard a thousand blended notes, / While in agrove I [sat] reclined, / In that sweet mood whenpleasant thoughts / Bring sad thoughts to themind.”

8The following text is from Canadian poet Thomas Frederick Young’s poem “A Snow Storm.” The contraction “e’en” is short for “even.”     I hear the wintry wind again,     I see the blinding snow,    Pil'd high, by eddying winds, in heaps,     No matter where I go.    The storm is raging hard, without;     But let us not complain,    For fiercely tho' it rages now,     A calm will come again.    And, though the wildly raging storm     Makes all things bleak and bare,    Beside the fire we brave it well,     And closer draw our chair.    In social fellowship, our hearts     With kindly thoughts grow warm;    Then is there not a pleasant side,     E'en to a raging storm?8 Mark For Review8Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?A) The speaker describes a situation and then shows how the situation could be worse than it appears.B) The speaker describes what is seen and heard and then shows how these things are actually irrelevant to how one feels.C) A personal account of an event is contrasted with a similar event that is interpreted differently.D) A potentially unpleasant scene is described that the speaker then states can be viewed from a positive perspective.

Read this poem:Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of MayAnd summer's lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd;But thy eternal summer shall not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou owest;Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shadeWhen in eternal lines to time thou growest;So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this;—and this gives life to thee.What type of poem is this?A.SestinaB.SonnetC.OdeD.HaikuSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS