PAGEPAGE5POETRYAPPRECIATIONNATUREByLongfellowAsafondmother,whenthedayiso’erLeadsbythehandherlittlechildtobed,Halfwilling,halfreluctanttobeled,Andleavehisbrokenplaythingsonthefloor, Stillgazingatthemthroughtheopendoor,5 Norwhollyreassuredandcomforted Bypromisesofothersintheirstead, Which,thoughmoresplendid,maynotpleasehimmore; Sonaturedealswithus,andtakesaway Ourplaythingsonebyone,andbythehand 10 Leadsustorestsogently,thatwegoScareceknowingifwewishtogoorstay,Beingtoofullofsleeptounderstand Howfartheunknowntranscnedsthewhatweknow.Answerthefollowingquestions:1)What’sthemainideaofthepoem?2)What’stherhymingschemeofthepoem?3)Whyshouldthechildshouldbehalfwillingandhalfrelunctanttogotobed(Line3)?4)Whatfigureofspeech(rehtoricdevice)isemployedinthepoem?5)Whatdoesthe‘brokenplaythingsonthefloor’ineLine4indicate?2.THETIDERISES,THETIDESFALLSByLongfellowThetiderises,thetidefalls,Thetwilightdarkens,thecurlewcalls;Alongthesea-sandsdampandbrownThetravellerhastenstowardthetown,Andthetiderises,thetidefalls. 5Darknesssettlesonroofsandwalls,Butthesea,theseainthedarknesscalls;Thelittlewaves,withtheirsoft,whitehands,Effacethefootprintsinthesands,Andthetiderises,thetidefalls. 10Themorningbreaks;thesteedsintheirstallsStampandneigh,asthehostercalls;Thedayreturns,butnevermoreReturnsthetravelertotheshore,Andthetiderises,thetidefalls. 15Answerthefollowingquestions:1)What’sthemainideaofthepoem?2)What’stherhymingschemeofthepoem?3)Whatdoesthepoetmeanby“thefootprintsinthesands”(L9)?4)Whatfigureofspeech(rehtoricdevice)isemployedin“thesteedsintheirstalls”(Line11)andinlines8-9?Andwhat’sthemostconspicuousfigureofspeechemployedinthewholepoem?It’samethor,referringothuman’spastandachievements.4)Whatfigureofspeech(rehtoricdevice)isemployedin“thesteedsintheirstalls”(Line11)andinlines8-9?Andwhat’sthemostconspicuousfigureofspeechemployedinthewholepoem?Alliteration;personification;repetition.3.449ByEmilyDickinsonAnswerthefollowingquestions:1)What’sthemainideaofthepoem?Beautyandtruthareoneorganicwholewhichcannotbeseparated.(ThesameideaasKeats.)2)Whomdoes“I”in“WhyIfailed”(Line5)referto?Thenarrator,whodiedforBeauty.3)Howdoyouaccountforthemisspelling“Themself”inLine7?It’sadeliberatemisspelling.Itisbothplural(them)andsingular(self).It’spluralbecausetruthandbeautyaretwothings.Itissingularbecausetheyareultimatelyoneunity.4.DownbytheSalleyGardens

Answerthefollowingquestions:1)What’sthemainideaofthepoem?Thepoemcarriesaflavorofromance,yetitismoreapoemaboutthefundanmentalquestiononlife:howtoliveandenjoy.Thespeaker’sloverislikeawisepersonwhoknowsalltherulesofthegameinlife.Love,life,thesetwoaresurelythethingseverysinglehumanbeingcan’texpecttobypasslightly.Theyareessentialtoeveryhumanbeing.Loveandlifearelikeleavesonthetreeandgrassontheweirs.Leavesandgrasshavetheirownruleofliving–determinedbynature.Soherethepoetseemstosayloveandlifecanbebestenjoyedwhenwetreattheminthenaturalway,thatis,inaccordancewiththeruleofnature.Inthissense,thepoemcanberegardedasamanifestationofYeats’beliefthatthereistoomuchhumaninterferenceinmodernlife,whichreallyagainsttheruleofnature.2)What’stherhymingschemeofthepoem?Ababcbdbefefcgdg3)Whomdoes“I”actuallyrepresent??“I