Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. But, as he walk’d, King Arthur panted hard, Like one that feels a nightmare on his bed What does the figurative language help the reader understand?
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Thou wouldst betray me for the precious hilt; Either from lust of gold, or like a girl Valuing the giddy pleasure of the eyes. What does the simile help convey to the reader?
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. I am so deeply smitten thro’ the helm That without help I cannot last till morn. Thou therefore take my brand Excalibur, Which was my pride: The metaphor emphasizes to the reader how
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Black-stoled, black-hooded, like a dream—by these Three Queens with crowns of gold—and from them rose A cry that shiver’d to the tingling stars, What does the personification "a cry that shiver’d to the tingling stars” emphasize to the reader?
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Then went Sir Bedivere the second time Across the ridge, and paced beside the mere, Counting the dewy pebbles, fix’d in thought; What does the imagery in this excerpt best help readers envision?
Read the excerpt from Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. That is untruly said of thee, said the king, therefore go thou lightly again, and do my commandment; as thou art to me lief and dear, spare not, but throw it in. Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. To whom replied King Arthur, faint and pale: "Thou hast betray’d thy nature and thy name, Not rendering true answer, as beseem’d Thy fëalty, nor like a noble knight: For surer sign had follow’d, either hand, Or voice, or else a motion of the mere. This is a shameful thing for men to lie. Yet now, I charge thee, quickly go again As thou art lief and dear, and do the thing I bade thee, watch, and lightly bring me word.” How does Tennyson effectively rewrite King Arthur’s dialogue?
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. But when he saw the wonder of the hilt, How curiously and strangely chased, he smote His palms together, and he cried aloud, "And if indeed I cast the brand away, Surely a precious thing, one worthy note, Should thus be lost for ever from the earth" What does the imagery in the excerpt most clearly emphasize to readers?
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. But when I look’d again, behold an arm, Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, That caught him by the hilt, and brandish’d him Three times, and drew him under in the mere. What does the imagery in the excerpt help readers understand?
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. So saying, from the pavement he hath rose, Slowly, with pain, reclining on his arm, And looking wistfully with wide blue eyes As in a picture. What does the imagery in this excerpt best help readers imagine?
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. So saying, from the ruin’d shrine he stept And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. What does the figurative language help convey to the reader?
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