by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (excerpt)O long-silent Sybil, you of the winged dreams, Speak out from your temple of light as the serious constellations with Greek names still stare down on us as a lighthouse moves its megaphone over the sea Speak out and shine upon us the sea-light of Greece the diamond light of GreeceFar-seeing Sybil, forever hidden, Come out of your cave at last And speak to us in the poet's voice the voice of the fourth person singular the voice of the inscrutable future the voice of the people mixedwith a wild soft laughter—And give us new dreams to dream, Give us new myths to live by!14Select the correct answer.In ancient Greece, the Sybil, or Oracle of Delphi, was famous for her prophesying. What does the speaker in this poem wish for the Oracle to accomplish in American society? A. The speaker yearns for the Oracle to make America into a true democracy. B. The speaker yearns for the Oracle to model American society on Walt Whitman's poetry. C. The speaker yearns for the Oracle to suspend technological advancements in America. D. The speaker yearns for the Oracle to stop staring at and judging American society. E. The speaker yearns for the Oracle to help elevate American society to a greater calling.

Read the first two stanzas of this poem:I saw my soul at rest upon a dayAs a bird sleeping in the nest of night,Among soft leaves that give the starlight wayTo touch its wings but not its eyes with light;So that it knew as one in visions may,And knew not as men waking, of delight.This was the measure of my soul's delight;It had no power of joy to fly by day,Nor part in the large lordship of the light;But in a secret moon-beholden wayHad all its will of dreams and pleasant night,And all the love and life that sleepers may.This excerpt is an example of what type of poem?A.BalladB.HaikuC.SonnetD.Sestina

Choose the poem that is free verse.Aye, workman, make me a dream,A dream for my love.Cunningly weave sunlight,Breezes, and flowers.Many moons have waxed and wanedSince their chieftain clans were numbered,Since from seas of rising sunTo the far coast of her setting.

Choose the poem that uses iambic meter.Then a voice, from out the mountains,As an earthquake shook the ground,And like frightened fawns the fountains,Leaping, fled before the sound.For tho' from out our bourne of Time and PlaceThe flood may bear me far,I hope to see my Pilot face to faceWhen I have cross'd the bar.

Based on the excerpt from Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem "To the Oracle at Delphi," what does the Oracle symbolize? A. mythology B. superstition C. equality D. dreams E. poetry

Choose the poem that uses iambic meter.The twilight hours, like birds, flew by,As lightly and as free,Ten thousand stars were in the sky,Ten thousand on the sea;Lives of great men all remind usWe can make our lives sublime,And, departing, leave behind usFootprints on the sands of time.