English 4
Which phrase best expresses the boy's unhappiness in lines 1-4 of "The Chimney Sweeper" from Songs of Experience? "Where are thy father and mother" "gone up to the church to pray" "Crying 'weep, 'weep'" "among the snow"
"Crying 'weep, 'weep'"
Which expression tells you that the speaker in "She Walks in Beauty" admires the woman's gentleness? "She walks in beauty" "waves in every raven tress" "one shade the more" "that tender light"
"that tender light"
Which phrase from "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is a good example of the natural speech that romantic poets sometimes used? "Continuous as the stars that shine" "Beside the lake, beneath the trees" "For oft, when on my couch I lie" "Ten thousand saw I at a glance"
Beside the lake, beneath the trees"
How are the speakers' experiences similar in "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802" and "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud?" Each discovers a new place. Both experiences happen early in the day. Each feels intense, wild emotion. Both enjoy beautiful sights while alone.
Both enjoy beautiful sights while alone.
Compare lines 6-8 of "The Little Boy Lost" and of "The Little Boy Found." What similarity in the mother and son do Blake's descriptive words emphasize? Both search for a member of their family. Neither person appreciates God's help. Neither understands how the boy got lost. Both wish to know where the boy's father is.
Both search for a member of their family.
Compare lines 1-4 of the two poems titled "The Chimney Sweeper." What idea do both poems express? Some parents force their children to work. Hard work promises better lives for sweepers. Everyone wants to earn approval from angels. Angels command people to work hard.
Some parents force their children to work.
Compare "The Chimney Sweeper" poems and "The Little Boy Lost." What similar idea about fathers appears in these poems? The fathers leave the children because the mothers die. The fathers of these boys express love for their children. The fathers seem indifferent to what happens to their children. The children are the cause of their fathers' unhappiness and suffering.
The fathers seem indifferent to what happens to their children.
How are lines 6-7 of "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802" characteristic of romantic poetry? The speaker gains inspiration from a natural scene. All of the language resembles the natural speech of people of the time. The speaker reveals a deep belief in the supernatural. The lines describe the beauty of commonplace buildings.
The lines describe the beauty of commonplace buildings.
Reread the third stanza of "She Walks in Beauty." What main idea does the stanza structure allow this sestet to emphasize? This woman desires the speaker's love. The speaker admires the woman's goodness. This woman looks like the nighttime. The speaker finds this woman beautiful.
The speaker admires the woman's goodness.
Why does the speaker in "When We Two Parted" shudder at the sound of the lover's name? The name creates emotions in others that surprise the speaker. The speaker remembers the pain of parting with the lover. The speaker wants to tell people the truth about his or her former love. Having known the lover brings the speaker shame.
The speaker remembers the pain of parting with the lover.
What does the speaker in "When We Two Parted" have to say about shame in lines 13-16? The lover is ashamed of breaking the speaker's heart. The lover is ashamed of the speaker's silent grief and sorrow. The speaker wants the lover to be ashamed of their parting. The speaker shares in the shame associated with the lover's name.
The speaker shares in the shame associated with the lover's name.
What does the speaker decide about the tiger's creation in "The Tyger"? The tiger's creator used strength and skill to create the tiger. A tiger created itself from the elements of the universe. Tigers came into existence from an accident in a furnace. The creator of the tiger soon lost control of the animal.
The tiger's creator used strength and skill to create the tiger.
"Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" uses figurative language in line 44. To what does this metaphor compare the ocean? a series of empires that will last forever a face that the passing of time cannot age an empty desert where there is no life the endlessness of time since the world's creation
a face that the passing of time cannot age
Reread lines 16-18 of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" and consider the stanza structure. Which action could the slower rhythm of the alexandrine reflect? a lone body sinking into the ocean ships sweeping over the ocean man's loss of control over the earth the ocean's waves wrecking ships
a lone body sinking into the ocean
The figurative language in lines 46-47 of "Child Harold's Pilgrimage" is a metaphor that compares the ocean to a mirror broken glass the Almighty a wild storm
a mirror
knowledge of who created it specific rules to follow in its life ability to bring the world joy awareness of eventual death
ability to bring the world joy
In "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," the speaker finds daffodils at the top of a hill along the edge of a lake in a lonely forest near trees in a garden
along the edge of a lake
What gave the speaker in "When We Two Parted" a warning of the future? a pale cheek cold morning dew broken vows a lover's silence
cold morning dew
The apostrophe in line 10 of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" addresses the ocean, telling it to roll on. With this figurative language, the speaker also seems to be telling the ocean to continue to cause shipwrecks and drowning stop at the shore of every country allow ten thousand fleets to sail hide the damage that people do on earth
continue to cause shipwrecks and drowning
The speaker's questions in lines 1-2 and 9-10 suggest that the subject of "The Lamb" is the creator of the lamb lamb's daily life speaker's lack of faith lamb's home
creator of the lamb
The "howling storm" in line 4 of "The Sick Rose" emphasizes that the worm is lonely dangerous invisible sleepy
dangerous
The stanza structure gives line 54 of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" the dignified pace of an alexandrine that could reflect lonely steps along the seashore violent storms coming to an end deep respect for the ocean's qualities terrible fear of sea monsters
deep respect for the ocean's qualities
"She Walks in Beauty" and "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" are similar because both discuss people and nature praise the night focus on human beauty consider humanity's faults
discuss people and nature
The boy says that he is alone in lines 1-4 of "The Little Boy Lost" because the father wants his son to be a chimney sweeper boy only imagines that his father is present boy has chosen to cross a swamp alone father walks too fast for the boy to keep up
father walks too fast for the boy to keep up
Analyze the unusual punctuation in line 9 of "The World Is Too Much with Us." This stylistic element creates the impression that the speaker feels responsible for explaining God finds a sudden solution to the problem prays to become a Pagan immediately feels intense emotions on the subject
feels intense emotions on the subject
"When We Two Parted" is different from the other poems because it has a speaker who thinks the world is a dangerous place finds conflict with the poem's subject feels shame over human actions expresses feelings of devoted love
finds conflict with the poem's subject
In the first stanza of "When We Two Parted," the speaker remembers comforting a lover's sadness meeting a lover on a cold night having a love relationship end breaking a lover's heart
having a love relationship end
Where is the speaker at the beginning of "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey?" in a beautiful landscape visiting people in cottages on a mountaintop asleep beneath a tree
in a beautiful landscape
What does the author show his concern for in all of the poems? religion illness parenthood innocence
innocence
Notice that semicolons interrupt the main idea in lines 114-119 of "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey." What does this stylistic element express in the sentence? envy of his sister's experiences desire to tell his sister about nature regret that his sister is still so young love that the speaker feels for his sister
love that the speaker feels for his sister
In "The Chimney Sweeper" from Songs of Experience, Blake most likely uses the church to symbolize parents' love and respect for their children refuge from the dangerous world powers that oppress the weak hope for their boy's future
powers that oppress the weak
Analyze the inverted syntax of lines 143-146 of "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey." What does the speaker think will heal his sister's future grief or pain? growing too old to have any painful feelings knowing the way back to that beautiful place remembering with joy the speaker's words following his advice to ignore everyday life
remembering with joy the speaker's words
By calling the city a "mighty heart" in line 14 of "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802," the speaker means that the city resembles a sleeping living thing inspires too much love in its people finds that its morning peace breaks easily holds an essential spot in the nation
resembles a sleeping living thing
Reread lines 5-8 of "The Chimney Sweeper" from Songs of Innocence. The author symbolizes the loss of innocence in these lines with the death of the speaker's mother description of Tom's dream speaker's advice to Tom Dacre shaving of Tom's head
shaving of Tom's head
Reread lines 93-102 of "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey." The speaker's sense of an invisible presence is characteristic of romantic poetry because it concerns something that affects all of society an idea separate from nature something mysterious and supernatural a very commonplace experience
something mysterious and supernatural
Reread the sentence in lines 155-159 of "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey." In years to come, the sister will remember the beauty of the woods on the cliff length of time she has been away importance of nature to people's happiness speaker's love of this place because of her
speaker's love of this place because of her
In lines 102-111 of "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey," what does the speaker say that nature can provide to people? spiritual guidance for thoughts and feelings a place in which to imagine a better life new ways to consider everyday problems great variety of scenery to please the senses
spiritual guidance for thoughts and feelings
At what time of day does the speaker in "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802" see the view? evening midmorning sunrise noon
sunrise
According to the last stanza of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," the speaker learned to trust the ocean while walking along the shore swimming in the waves sailing in a great ship looking out a window
swimming in the waves
What quality in the woman's appearance in "She Walks in Beauty" creates "the nameless grace"? the light skin of her face the balance of dark and bright her way of gazing at stars waves in her long black hair
the balance of dark and bright
Reread lines 13-22 of "The Chimney Sweeper" from Songs of Innocence. These lines mean that the "coffins of black" in line 12 most likely symbolize fear of having to go to school the boys' difficult life as sweepers punishment for the boys' sins people's view of the boys as bad
the boys' difficult life as sweepers
What knowledge does the speaker seek in "The Tyger" that the speaker in "The Lamb" already has? the animal's true habitat an idea about the animal's purpose the identity of the animal's creator knowledge of the animal's nature
the identity of the animal's creator
What does the speaker in "The Tyger" seem to fear most? a tiger's harming a lamb the power of the tiger's creator a meeting with a tiger a tiger's desire to eat people
the power of the tiger's creator
What aspect of the landscape creates the strongest sense of seclusion for the speaker in lines 1-10 of "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey"? the speaker's own presence the steep, high cliffs rolling mountain springs the length of five winters
the steep, high cliffs
"Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" and "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" are similar because the speakers value a relationship with nature visit an unfamiliar landscape wish to show nature's beauty to someone lose their way in the wilderness
value a relationship with nature
