Which of the following statements BEST interprets the lines "Through sunlit days and nights of deepest shade, A lesson lingers, patiently conveyed"?A)  The poem speaks of nature's teachings through contrasts of light and dark.B)  The poem discusses the fleeting beauty of sunlit days and dark nights.C)  The poem suggests that lessons are conveyed subtly through life's phases.D)  The poem emphasizes the significance of patience in understanding life's teachings.E)  The poem highlights the importance of cherishing both sunny and dark moments.

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

Which of these is always important to the deeper meaning of the poem?ClimaxLine lengthTitleForeshadowing

In Phyllis Wheatley's poem "An Hymn to the Evening", she shares a desire for what as night comes and darkness falls?The bettering of all humanityA good nights restThe reader to experience a summer evening in the southA storm to end and sun to come out in the morning

The sun wakes up,orange embers on the horizon.Light strikes the buildings like flame.The city yawns, stretches, awakes.And like a spark catching, I, too,start the day.A)Use the passage to answer the question.Draw a conclusion about the author’spurpose for the use of figurative language inthe last line.( 1 point)The figurative language gives the sunhuman characteristics like the speakerin the poem.The figurative language compares aspark to the speaker’s appearance.The figurative language unites thesunrise, the waking city, and thespeaker in one moment in time.The figurative language connects thecity to the images of light in the poem.

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