English 12B Checkpoint 14
Reread "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" by John Keats. In the poem, the first speaker tells the story of a knight he meets, who then tells his own story of meeting a lady. Which options most effectively explain the significance of the poem's structure?
The change in speakers contributes to the sense that different versions of reality may exist in the poem.
Read the lines from John Keats's poem "La Belle Dame Sans Merci." I see a lily on thy browWith anguish moist and fever dew,And on thy cheeks a fading roseFast withereth too. Which option most accurately depicts the symbolic meaning of the flowers in this passage?
The lily symbolizes death and the rose symbolizes life; this means that the knight appears ill and seems close to dying.
Which options most accurately identify a theme of Percy Shelley's poem "Ozymandias"? (Select all that apply.)
~Art outlasts empires and thus is more powerful. ~The forces of time and nature deal equally with everyone.
Reread Percy Shelley's poem "Ozymandias." Which option most effectively shows how the author's word choice reveals a central idea of the poem?
"Sneer of cold command" and "the hand that mocked them" show a king who was arrogant and prideful.
In John Keats's poem "La Belle Dame Sans Meterm-4rci," the knight appears to be mysteriously ill and close to dying. Which options most effectively explain why the causes for the knight's illness are left uncertain? (Select all that apply.)
~The author is hinting that the knight could be fantasizing about the consequences of true love. ~The author is suggesting that magical enchantment and infatuation can look very similar.
Which lines from John Keats's poem "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" suggest that the knight may have had more power over the lady than he claims?
~I made a garland for her head,And bracelets too, and fragrant zone ~I set her on my pacing steed,And nothing else saw all day long
Read the excerpt from Lord Byron's poem "She Walks in Beauty." And all that's best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes:Thus mellowed to that tender lightWhich Heaven to gaudy day denies. Which option most accurately identifies the kind of figurative language used in the line "which Heaven to gaudy day denies"?
personification
Read the excerpt from "Ozymandias" by Percy Shelley. Near them, on the sand,Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,Tell that its sculptor well those passions readWhich yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed. Which words from the text most effectively help indicate the meaning of the word visage as it is used in this passage?
... whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command ...
Read the lines from Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty." So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,The smiles that win, the tints that glow,But tell of days in goodness spent,A mind at peace with all below,A heart whose love is innocent! Which sentence uses the word eloquent as it is used in the poem?
Valerie poured out her emotions in an eloquent letter to her best friend.
Read the lines from John Keats's poem "La Belle Dame Sans Merci." And I awoke and found me here,On the cold hill's side. And this is why I sojourn here,Alone and palely loitering,Though the sedge is wither'd from the lake,And no birds sing. Which options most effectively show how the words in these lines create a tone of melancholy and a sense of loss? (Select all that apply.)
~"And no birds sing" contributes to the tone of melancholy and a sense of loss, as the knight appears to be in a place of sad and eerie silence. ~"Alone and palely loitering" amplifies the tone of melancholy and a sense of loss, as the knight appears isolated and sick, and waits for someone.
Read the excerpt from "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,The smiles that win, the tints that glow,But tell of days in goodness spent,A mind at peace with all below,A heart whose love is innocent! Which option most effectively explains how the speaker seems to know that the lady in the poem is good, at peace, and innocent?
The speaker is making an assumption that the lady's outer beauty indicates inner goodness.
Which option most effectively describes the interaction between two central ideas in Percy Shelley's poem "Ozymandias"?
An artist sculpted a likeness of the king, and because of that, something still remains of the ruler.
At the end of John Keats's poem "La Belle Dame Sans Merci," the reader is left uncertain about what really happened to the knight. Which lines from the poem effectively support the idea that the knight might have dreamed the whole event? (Select all that apply.)
~And there she wept, and sigh'd full sore,And there I shut her wild wild eyesWith kisses four.And there she lulled me asleep ... ~And I awoke and found me here,On the cold hill's side. And this is why I sojourn here,Alone and palely loitering...
Read the opening lines from Lord Byron's poem "She Walks in Beauty." She walks in Beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that's best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes Which options most effectively explain how the opening simile impacts the meaning of the poem? (Select all that apply.)
~The simile begins an extended, idealized description of the lady's physical beauty, and this description demonstrates the speaker's focus on appearance. ~The simile sets up a series of contrasts between light and dark and these contrasts demonstrate the idea of opposites existing in harmony.
Read the lines from "Ozymandias" by Percy Shelley. And on the pedestal these words appear:'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that colossal wreck, boundless and bareThe lone and level sands stretch far away. Which options most effectively show how this passage supports the theme that nothing lasts forever? (Select all that apply.)
~The words on the statue's pedestal are ironic because neither the king nor his works have survived. ~The image of the endless desert sand symbolizes the infinite sweep of time.
