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Style in Poems by Rabindranath Tagore Answers

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What is the effect of the author’s use of apostrophe in the poem "85"?

A
It creates a detached effect between the readers and the author.
B
It engages readers by addressing someone unknown.
C
It causes the readers to imagine a future event.
D
It engages readers by addressing them directly.
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Read the line from "84" by Rabindranath Tagore.Over the green and yellow rice-fields sweep the shadows of the autumn clouds followed by the swift-chasing sun.

A
The reader feels how hot the sun was that day.
B
The reader can imagine what the night looks like.
C
The reader feels like he or she is flying through the field.
D
The reader can visualize the fields and the sky.
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Read "XVIII" by A. E. Housman.Oh, when I was in love with you, Then I was clean and brave,And miles around the wonder grew How well did I behave.And now the fancy passes by, And nothing will remain,And miles around they’ll say that I Am quite myself again.

A
long length and musical quality.
B
short length and musical quality.
C
multiple speakers and short length.
D
single speaker and long length.
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What effects can apostrophe have on a poem? Choose four answers.

A
It gives the speaker a voice.
B
It connects the reader to the speaker’s message.
C
It gives the poem a detached effect.
D
It makes an imagined addressee feel present.
E
It gives the poem a personalized effect.
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Read the lines from "The Gardner" by Rabindranath Tagore.With a glance of your eyes you could plunder all the wealth of songs struck from poets’ harps, fair woman! But for their praises you have no ear, therefore I come to praise you You could humble at your feet the proudest heads in the world.

A
gain insight into the speaker’s feelings for the woman.
B
imagine exactly what the harps would sound like.
C
think that the woman has very poor hearing.
D
visualize what the “proudest heads in the world” look like.
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Read the lines from "84" by Rabindranath Tagore.Let none go back home, brothers, this morning, let none go to work.Let us take the blue sky by storm and plunder space as we run.Laughter floats in the air like foam on the flood.Brothers, let us squander our morning in futile songs.

A
creates a detached effect, since the reader is not addressed directly.
B
causes the reader to feel alienated if he or she does not have any brothers.
C
helps define the speaker’s voice in relation to his “brothers,” or community.
D
allows the reader to visualize all of the poet’s family and friends.
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A metaphor makes a comparison

A
that is between two unlike things.
B
that is between two similar things.
C
that uses the word like.
D
that uses the word as.
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Read the line from "84" by Rabindranath Tagore.In the joy of your heart may you feel the living joy that sang one spring morning, sending its glad voice across an hundred years.

A
The personification shows how happiness is quick to fade.
B
The metaphor illustrates what it was like to live in the past.
C
The personification suggests that past happiness can last a long time.
D
The metaphor illustrates how one can be truly happy only in spring.
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Which of these are metaphors? Choose two answers.

A
She is the sun of my sky.
B
They fought like cats and dogs.
C
The child is as quiet as a mouse.
D
Her coat was as black as coal.
E
Life is a roller coaster.
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Read the lines from "84" by Rabindranath Tagore.Let none go back home, brothers, this morning, let none go to workLet us take the blue sky by storm and plunder space as we run.

A
the musical quality
B
the single speaker
C
the speaker’s emotions
D
the long length

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