The following text is adapted from William Blake’s 1789 poem “Nurse’s Song." The poem is written in the voice of a nurse addressing children playing outside.When the voices of children are heard on the green,   And whisperings are in the dale,The days of my youth rise fresh in my mind,   My face turns green and pale.Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down,   And the dews of night arise;Your spring and your day are wasted in play,   And your winter and night in disguise.What is the main idea of the text?The nurse worries about the dangers children encounter while playing outside.eliminateThe nurse laments how time is wasted in youth while watching children play.eliminateThe nurse watches children play and thinks about her own child.eliminateThe nurse is comforted by the pastoral scene of children playing outside on the green.

The following text is adapted from William Blake’s 1794 poem The Chimney Sweeper: A little black thing among the snowA little black thing among the snow:Crying weep, weep, in notes of woe!Where are thy father & mother? say?They are both gone up to the church to pray.And because I am happy, & dance and sing,They think they have done me no injury:And are gone to praise God & his Priest & KingWho make up a heaven of our misery.What is the main idea of the text? The speaker sees a poor orphaned child. eliminateThe speaker sees a child who is lost. eliminateThe speaker finds a child on the way to church. eliminatedThe speaker finds a child who is remarkably happy but alone. eliminate

The poem begins with a peaceful depiction of summer idleness but ends with a reflection on the presence of cruelty and suffering in the world. This contrast between the tranquillity of nature and the harshness of human behaviour creates a sense of irony, highlighting the complexities of life.

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.SonnetB.OdeC.SestinaD.HaikuSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The following text is from William Blake’s poem, “The Shepherd,” originally published in Songs of Innocence and Experience.How sweet is the shepherd’s sweet lot!From the morn to the evening he strays;He shall follow his sheep all the day,And his tongue shall be filled with praise. For he hears the lambs’ innocent call,And he hears the ewes’ tender reply;He is watchful while they are in peace,For they know when their shepherd is nigh.Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?To acknowledge the hardships the shepherd endures while caring for his sheepeliminateTo praise the shepherd for his good workeliminateTo call attention to the shepherd’s long dayseliminateTo recount a memory of an encounter with a shepherd in the field

what was Carol Ann Duffy trying to say in her poem "Hour"?