The following text is adapted from a translation of Charles Baudelaire’s 1869 prose poem “The Cake.”I was traveling. The landscape in the midst of which I was seated was of an irresistible grandeur and sublimity. My thoughts fluttered with a lightness like that of the atmosphere; vulgar passions, such as hate and profane love, seemed to me now as far away as the clouds that floated in the gulfs beneath my feet; my soul seemed to me as vast and pure as the dome of the sky that enveloped me; the remembrance of earthly things came as faintly to my heart as the thin tinkle of the bells of unseen herds, browsing far, far away, on the slope of another mountain. Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?The speaker begins with general descriptions of the landscape and then hones in on more granular details.eliminateThe speaker initially describes the physicality of the landscape around him in concrete detail and then summarizes his impressions of it. eliminateThe speakers uses the landscape as a metaphor for his own interior thoughts, ending on an image.eliminateThe speaker criticizes his surrounding but then comes around to admitting his own faults.

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 uses alliteration.Then, suddenly, in a curve of the road,Red tulips!A bright battalion, swaying,They marched with fluttering flags.Though your beauty were a netOf unimagined power,It could not hold me tonight;For I am all spirit.

Imagine standing in a grocery store, surrounded by abundance, while thoughts of your family struggling with hunger in another country cloud your mind. This scenario is a daily reality for many immigrants who live in a state of constant tension between their present comfort and their past hardships. The poem explores the immigrant experience, depicting the guilt and responsibility felt by those who have left behind families in search of a better life. Through the use of vivid imagery and a shifting tone, she addresses themes of abundance and scarcity, guilt and responsibility, and the search for happiness amidst ongoing worry. Lim-Wilson's poem explores this very question through the lens of an immigrant who finds herself torn between the comforts of her present life in America and the stark realities faced by her family back home. Question: Can you make this paragraph or text in a more human, authentic way?

“She Walks in Beauty”.The poet appreciates only the subject’s outward beauty, not her personality.ResponsesTrueTrueFalseFalse

My thoughts fluttered from subject to subject like a butterfly visiting flowers in a field.*1 pointNeitherSimileMetaphor