Read this excerpt from “Aedh Tells of the Rose in His Heart” by William Butler Yeats.The wrong of unshapely things is a wrong too great to be told;I hunger to build them anew and sit on a green knoll apart,With the earth and the sky and the water, remade, like a casket of goldFor my dreams of your image that blossoms a rose in the deeps of my heart.Which words does the poet include to help readers visualize the scene?
Read this excerpt from “The Song of Wandering Aengus” by William Butler Yeats.And when white moths were on the wing,And moth-like stars were flickering out,I dropped the berry in a streamAnd caught a little silver trout.Which pattern describes the rhyme scheme of this stanza?
Read this excerpt from "The Song of Wandering Aengus” by William Butler Yeats.Though I am old with wanderingThrough hollow lands and hilly lands,I will find out where she has gone,And kiss her lips and take her handsWhich pattern describes the rhyme scheme of this stanza?
Read this excerpt from “The Song of Wandering Aengus” by William Butler Yeats.And walk among long dappled grass,And pluck till time and times are done,The silver apples of the moon,The golden apples of the sun.Which statement best describes the effect of rhyme on the poem in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from “The Song of Wandering Aengus” by William Butler Yeats.Though I am old with wanderingThrough hollow lands and hilly lands,I will find out where she has gone,And kiss her lips and take her handsWhich words in the final line of the excerpt are emphasized by the rhythm of the poem?
Read this excerpt from "The Song of the Old Mother” by William Butler Yeats.And the young lie long and dream in their bedOf the matching of ribbons for bosom and head,And their day goes over in idleness,And they sigh if the wind but lift a tress:While I must work because I am old,And the seed of the fire gets feeble and cold.Which statement best describes the effect of rhyme on this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from “Down by the Salley Gardens” by William Butler Yeats.Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.Which statement best describes the effect of rhythm on this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from "The Song of Wandering Aengus” by William Butler Yeats.I went out to the hazel wood,Because a fire was in my head,And cut and peeled a hazel wand,And hooked a berry to a thread;Which pattern describes the rhyme scheme of this stanza?
Read this excerpt from “Into the Twilight” by William Butler Yeats.Your mother Eire is always young,Dew ever shining and twilight gray;Though hope fall from you or love decay,Burning in fires of a slanderous tongue.Which pattern describes the rhyme scheme of this stanza?
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