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in the beginning of to a mouse, the speakers attitude towards the mouse is
apologetic
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in the fourth stanza the speaker shows
concern that the mouse's house is ruined
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what reason does the speaker give for calling the mouse best compared to him
the mouse only lives in the here and now
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when the speaker says the best laid schemes o mice and men/ gang aft agley, he means
anyone's careful plans can go awry.
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what kind of image does the tyger project in blak's tyger
fearsome power
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words like hammer, furnace, and anvil imply that the creator is
like a blacksmith who crafted a mighty work
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the speaker of the lamb is most likely
a child
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the lamb in contrast to the tyger conveys
the gentler side of creation
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in the lamb the title lamb is a symbol of
innocence
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the speaker in the first poem is sold to a master of chimney sweepers
when he is very young
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what is the significance on the young sweeper's inability in pronoun the word sweep correctly?
their cry weep weep becomes a sad comment on their lives
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in both poems, blake emphacizes the horrors of children's lives as chimney sweepers bu using several contrasting images of
black and white
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in contrast to the speaker in the first poem, the second poems speaker
is openly bitter about his harsh life
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in the second stanza of the second poem good and evil are contrasted in the images of
winter snow
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i the first poem the words his head/curled like a lamb's back, presents an image of
the innocence of the young sweeper
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which of the following statements best summarizes the diff in tone between the two poems
the first is more optimistic, while the second is darker
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the line, earth has not anything to shoe more fair, speaks about
the city of london
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wordsworth first sonnet shows a veiw of a city that
is clean peaceful, and beautiful
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the last line of the first poem and all that mighty heart is lying still, uses figurative language to express
a feeling of peace
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the opening words of the second sonnet, the world is too much with us, introduce a criticism of
thematerialism of the times
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in the world is too much with us, the speaker thinks that pagans
would have better appreciated nature
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TWITWU presents the poets message about
humans losing touch with nature
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the line, the city now doth, lilke a garment wear
personifies the city
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the lines never did sun more beautifully sleep, personifies
the sun
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in part one of the poem, the ancient mariner tells a wedding guest
of how he killed the albatross
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what is the effect of the blue,glossy,green and velvet black, water snakes on the mariner
he feels love for them
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the mariner speaks to the hermit in part VII
to pour out his trouble and seek redemtion
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the mariner says he prayest best, who lovest best
god made and loves all creatures on earth
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the albatross becomes a symbol of
guilt for a crime
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what literary device does the poet use to create a feeling of power and speed in the line the ship drove fast loud roared the blast
internal rhyme
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the lines beneath the lighting and the moon/the dead men give a groan is an example of
supernatural elements
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the assonance in the lines o sweeter than a marriage feast tis sweeter, is created by the repition of the
ee sound
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the monument to ozmandias is
a ruin in an empty place
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the travelor thinks that the sculptor
masterfully revealed the kings arrogance
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the central idea of the poem might be that
human power is not eternal
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ironically oz had expected his works to endure
but they have fallem to ruin
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the fact that the travelor only sees sand around the pedistal is
ironic
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the speaker of on first looking into chapmans homer believes that reading his translation of homer is
fasnating
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in a simile meant to express his awe of homer's poetry the speaker compared himself to
a new world explorer
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when i have fears describes the speakers reaction to
the temp nature of life
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in when i have fears the speaker's fears cause him to
attempt to forget love and fame
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innocence
state of genuine love and trust toward all human kind
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experience
state of disillusionment with human nature and society
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organized innocence
one's sense of divinity of man coexists with oppesion/injustice
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