Lesson 24 English 12B

Click the link to view the video of "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night." "Do Not Go Gentle" Video Screen Reader Version of "Do Not Go Gentle" Which option most effectively contrasts the way the setting of the poem is developed as compared to the setting of the video?

The entire poem focuses on one real setting; the video flashes back and forth between a variety of imagined and real settings. wrong The poem has no setting, as all the events take place in the speaker's mind; the video appears to have many imagined settings. wrong

Reread the poems "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas and "Song of a Man Who Has Come Through" by D. H. Lawrence. Which option most effectively analyzes how the authors of both poems address a common theme of anticipating the coming of death?

Thomas views death as a negative force against which to actively fight, while Lawrence sees death as a positive force to embrace.

Read the lines from "Song of a Man Who Has Come Through." What is the knocking? What is the knocking at the door in the night? It's somebody wants to do us harm. No, no, it is the three strange angels. Admit them, admit them. Which option provides the most accurate synonym for the word strange as it appears in the poem?

inexplicable

Reread the poems "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas and "Song of a Man Who Has Come Through" by D.H. Lawrence. Which options most clearly explain how the authors of the two poems similarly use the outer world to depict an inner world? (Select all that apply.)

Thomas uses images of lightning and meteors to depict passionate feeling. Lawrence uses metaphors of wind and water to represent creative inspiration.

Click the link to view the video of "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night." "Do Not Go Gentle" Video Screen Reader Version of "Do Not Go Gentle" Which options accurately explain how the perspective and mood of the poem's speaker are visually portrayed in the video? (Select all that apply.)

The black and white film contributes to a nostalgic, sentimental mood and perspective. right The representation of the old man chopping wood illustrates the age and hard-working ethic of the speaker. The footage of the clouds rolling in the sky aids in bringing about a sense of peace and tranquility. partial 0.25

Read the lines from the poem "Musée des Beaux Arts." About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters; how well they understood Its human position; how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along How, when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting For the miraculous birth, there always must be Children who did not specially want it to happen. ... Which words from the text most effectively help indicate the meaning of the word reverently as it is used in the lines?

For the miraculous birth

Read the lines from "Musée des Beaux Arts." In Breughel's Icarus, for instance: how everything turns away Quite leisurely from the disaster; the ploughman may Have heard the splash, the forsaken cry, But for him it was not an important failure; the sun shone As it had to on the white legs disappearing into the green Water; and the expensive delicate ship that must have seen Something amazing, a boy falling out of the sky, had somewhere to get to and sailed calmly on. Which lines most effectively show how suffering occurs in the background of our daily lives? (Select all that apply.)

... how everything turns away Quite leisurely from the disaster ... These lines depict a scene of people and things who physically and deliberately face away from Icarus's body. ... the expensive delicate ship that must have seen Something amazing, ... right ... the ploughman may Have heard the splash ... These lines convey the people's sense of uncertainty about whether a disaster was actually occurring. These lines create a visual focus on the ship and its appearance rather than on Icarus's body. partial 0.25

Reread "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas and "Song of a Man Who Has Come Through" by D. H. Lawrence. Which lines from the poems most effectively explain how the authors use imagery to convey the power of art? (Select all that apply.)

Not I, not I, but the wind that blows through me! A fine wind is blowing the new direction of Time. If only I let it bear me, carry me, if only it carry me! If only I am sensitive, subtle, oh, delicate, a winged gift! Lawrence uses images of birds and flight to show the heights that art can reach. Like a fine, an exquisite chisel, a wedge-blade inserted; If only I am keen and hard like the sheer tip of a wedge Driven by invisible blows, The rock will split, we shall come at the wonder, ... Lawrence uses an image of a sculptor chipping away at stone to show the slow, hard work of creating art. right Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. ... Thomas uses images of blindness and light to demonstrate the far-seeing nature of art. partial 0.25

Reread the poems "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" and "Song of a Man Who Has Come Through." These poems both feature men who are facing great loss and pain. Which option most effectively explains the differences in how the speakers in the poems face their futures?

The speaker in "Song of a Man Who Has Come Through" wants to surrender his strength; the speaker in "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" wants to encourage struggle and resistance.

The character of Icarus is depicted in both the poem "Musée des Beaux Arts" and the painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus. Which option most effectively explains how Icarus is portrayed in both the poem and the painting?

In both the poem and the painting, the focus is on the disastrous aftermath of Icarus's flight, rather than on the flight itself.

Click the link to view the video of "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night." "Do Not Go Gentle" Video Screen Reader Version of "Do Not Go Gentle" Which option most accurately explains how the pacing in both the video and the poem helps to establish tone?

Quick images of burning light and churning ocean waves convey a tone of urgency and chaos.

Reread "Musée des Beaux Arts." Which option most effectively explains how the setting contributes to the overall meaning of the poem?

The poem depicts a busy scene; the fall of Icarus is barely seen or mentioned.

Which options most clearly explain how W. H. Auden uses words in the poem "Musée des Beaux Arts" to develop the main idea that is depicted visually in the painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus? (Select all that apply.)

The poem focuses on the everyday lives of people and animals, much as the painting focuses on a scene of everyday life. The poem makes a passing reference at the end to the fall of Icarus, much as the body of Icarus is de-emphasized in the painting.

Reread the poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night." Which option most accurately identifies a symbol that appears throughout the poem?

The sunset is a symbol of the end of life.

Which option provides the most accurate synonym for the word sagacious?

wise