Serious Literature Help Needed Please.?
I know that I will get 100 comments saying to do my own homework but I swear that I have been sitting here reading the selections and I just cannot get the answers. I have never been very good at Literary Analysis. I put a link for each selection above the question.http://www.bartleby.com/101/634.html
1. In the first line of “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer,” the speaker says, “Much have I traveled in the realms of gold.” What are the “realms of gold”? (1 point)
classic literature of ancient Greece
homes of wealthy English nobles
history of previous civilizations
lands of the old worldhttp://www.bartleby.com/101/635.html
7. What form of poetry is “When I Have Fears”? (1 point)
Pindaric ode
Horatian ode
irregular ode
sonnet
9. Which is the best paraphrase of this line from “When I Have Fears”?
When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain, (1 point)
I am afraid that I will die before I have been able to write everything I want.
I am afraid that I will die before I have learned to be a skilled writer.
I am afraid that my brain has too many ideas to ever put down on paper.
I am afraid that I do not have the skill to create great art.http://www.bartleby.com/101/625.html
12. Which statement is the best paraphrase of these lines from “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
And, little town, thy streets forevermore
Will silent be; and not a soul to tell
Why thou art desolate, can e’er return. (1 point)
The people from the town have lost their souls, leaving the people anxious.
The streets are empty and silent today, and no one is there to notice.
The streets of the town have been deserted by the townspeople.
The town will always be empty and no one will ever return to explain why.http://www.online-literature.com/shelley…
16. What is the main idea of “Ozymandias”? (1 point)
Power and fame are short-lived.
The desert is vast and lonely.
Ozymandias was a great king.
Travelers see and know many things.
20. Which line from “Ozymandias” best states the poem’s theme? (1 point)
“I met a traveler from an antique land”
“Its sculptor well those passions read / Which yet survive . . .”
“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone/ Stand in the desert.”
“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”http://www.bartleby.com/101/608.html
21. In “To a Skylark,” what does the speaker say is the skylark’s greatest quality? (1 point)
the purity of its joy
the intensity of its feelings
the speed of its flight
the loudness of its songhttp://www.bartleby.com/101/600.html
25. Which question is answered by this line from “She Walks in Beauty”?
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies; (1 point)
Which woman is the subject of the poem?
Where is the woman going?
Why is the woman so admired by the speaker?
To what does the speaker compare the woman?http://216.101.58.17/hs/jcrossley/new_pa…
29. What is the main idea of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage? (1 point)
People have built many civilizations.
The ocean is unchanged by human activities.
People use the ocean during war.
Every generation finds reasons to fight wars.http://216.101.58.17/hs/jcrossley/new_pa…
30. Which line from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage is an example of personification? (1 point)
“For earth’s destruction thou [the ocean] dost all despise . . .”
“Man marks the earth with ruin—his control / Stops with the shore . . .”
“Monarchs tremble in their capitals . . .”
“An I have loved thee, ocean!”http://www.geocities.com/~bblair/canto1.… (first 79 lines only)
32. Which words best describe the speaker in Don Juan? (1 point)
serious and despairing
bold and aggressive
considerate and understanding
amusing and thoughtful
Vocabulary and Grammar
34. Which vocabulary word correctly completes this sentence?
The ____ of the statue showed the facial expression of someone who was accustomed to being obeyed. (1 point)
impulse
sepulcher
verge
visagehttp://www.bartleby.com/101/608.html
36. Which word best describes the song of the skylark in “To a Skylark”? (1 point)
blithe
vernal
satiety
impulsive
37. Which sentence uses a vocabulary word incorrectly? (1 point)
The speaker in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage calls the ocean the arbiter of war.
Tempests at sea threaten the mightiest ships.
The speaker in Don Juan no longer has an interest in clever retorts.
The speaker in “She Walks in Beauty” admires the lady’s avarice.

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