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

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.

Based on this stanza from a poem by Robert Frost, what is the poem's main idea?           My November Guest    My Sorrow, when she's here with me,    Thinks these dark days of autumn rain    Are beautiful as days can be;    She loves the bare, the withered tree;    She walks the sodden pasture lane.The poet sometimes becomes depressed in the fall.The poet is happy in November.The poet has a friend named Sorrow who likes autumn.The poet loves the fall season.

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“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.”