Sound and Structure in Poems by Dylan Thomas and W. B. Yeats

Question 1

Which statement best describes the effect of the rhyme in this stanza?

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The use of the rhyming words night and light emphasizes the contrast between death and life.

Question 2

✔ the use of "nor" plus a nounthe use of lines that begin with action verbsthe use of "this" to introduce important words

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✔ the use of "nor" plus a noun

Question 3

that the pilot does not think war is justified✔ that no one else influenced the pilot to go to warthat the pilot’s country expects to win the war

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✔ that no one else influenced the pilot to go to war

Question 4

Identify the meter, if any, of each line of poetry.

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"Because their words had forked no lightning they": iambic pentameter; "A lonely impulse of delight": iambic tetrameter; "No likely end could bring them loss": iambic tetrameter

Question 5

✔ iambic tetrameteriambic pentameterno regular meter

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✔ iambic tetrameter

Question 6

✔ iambic tetrameteriambic pentameterno regular meter

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✔ iambic tetrameter

Question 7

Use the drop-down menus to finish marking the rhyme scheme of "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death."

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✔ a; a; c; d

Question 8

X ab✔ cd

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✔ c

Question 9

X abc✔ d

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✔ d

Question 10

ab✔ cd

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✔ c

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