Analyzing Different Interpretations of a Sonnet — Unit test

Question 1

Read the excerpt from “I Dream a World” by Langston Hughes.A world I dream where black or white,Whatever race you be,Will share the bounties of the earthAnd every man is free,Where wretchedness will hang its headAnd joy, like a pearl,Attends the needs of all mankind—Of such I dream, my world!Based on the dreams that the speaker describes, it is reasonable to infer that the speaker

Revolt · Accepted Answer

lives in a time and place where equality does not exist.

Question 2

In Langston Hughes’s poem “I Dream a World,” the repetition of the word “dream” emphasizes

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the fact that equality is a desired but seemingly unattainable goal.

Question 3

Which characteristics of Dickinson’s style are evident in "The Snow”? Select 3 options.four-line stanzasa specific rhyme schemea varying rhythmthe use of personificationfirst-person narration

Revolt · Accepted Answer

four-line stanzas; a specific rhyme scheme; the use of personification

Question 4

Read the excerpt from "The Snow.”On stump and stack and stem, —The summer's empty room,Acres of seams where harvests were,Recordless, but for them.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The area looks barren.

Question 5

Read the excerpt from "The Snow.”It fills with alabaster woolThe wrinkles of the road.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

accumulates in the cracks in the ground.

Analyzing Different Interpretations of a Sonnet — Unit test Answers

More from this Course

TRY EDGENUITY HACKS