Analyzing Ekphrastic Poetry

Question 1

best

Revolt · Accepted Answer

E: Ekphrastic poetry describes or pays tribute to a piece of visual art.

Question 2

Read the poem entitled "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost.Nature's first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf's a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

D: the inevitability of change

Question 3

What can be observed from this painting? Select 3 options.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

I: It is a portrait of a man.; I: It shows visible brush strokes.; I: It displays bold colors.

Question 4

Read the poem entitled "The Poison Tree" by William Blake.I was angry with my friend:I told my wrath, my wrath did end.I was angry with my foe:I told it not, my wrath did grow.And I watered it in fearsNight and morning with my tears,And I sunned it with smilesAnd with soft deceitful wiles.And it grew both day and night,Till it bore an apple bright,And my foe beheld it shine,And he knew that it was mine, —And into my garden stoleWhen the night had veiled the pole;In the morning, glad, I seeMy foe outstretched beneath the tree.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: Blake reveals emotions being cultivated like a garden.

Question 5

Read the poem entitled "The Poison Tree" by William Blake.I was angry with my friend:I told my wrath, my wrath did end.I was angry with my foe:I told it not, my wrath did grow.And I watered it in fearsNight and morning with my tears,And I sunned it with smilesAnd with soft deceitful wiles.And it grew both day and night,Till it bore an apple bright,And my foe beheld it shine,And he knew that it was mine, —And into my garden stoleWhen the night had veiled the pole;In the morning, glad, I seeMy foe

Revolt · Accepted Answer

t: the danger of suppressed anger

Question 6

"The Corn Harvest" by William Carlos Williams

Revolt · Accepted Answer

t: the need for rest after work

Question 7

What can be observed from this painting? Select 3 options.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

I: It shows a night scene.; I: It is a landscape view.; I: It was painted with swirling brush strokes.

Question 8

Consider the painting entitled L’Ambulance de la Gare de Poitiers by Henri Gervex.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

T: The image of wounded men in a makeshift clinic suggests the chaos of war.

Question 9

"The Corn Harvest" by William Carlos Williams

Revolt · Accepted Answer

W: Williams speaks as an observer, but Frost speaks as a participant in the harvest.

Question 10

Consider the poem."The Corn Harvest" by William Carlos WilliamsSummer !the painting is organizedabout a youngreaper enjoying hisnoonday restcompletelyrelaxedfrom his morning laborssprawledin fact sleepingunbuttonedon his backthe womenhave brought him his lunchperhapsa spot of winethey gather gossipingunder a treewhose shadecarelesslyhe does not share therestingcenter oftheir workaday world.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

w: with peaceful imagery

Analyzing Ekphrastic Poetry Answers

More from this Course

TRY EDGENUITY HACKS