Asked by Cassie
Read these lines from Siegfried Sassoon's "Dreamers."
"And mocked by hopeless longing to regain/Bank holidays, and picture shows, and spats,/And going to the office in the train." which of these can be found in this excerpt?
Which of these can be found in this excerpt?
A. parallelism
B. repetition
C. an epiphany
D. an allusion*****
I feel his words create an allusion of what he wants the reader to imagine. Right? Wrong?
"And mocked by hopeless longing to regain/Bank holidays, and picture shows, and spats,/And going to the office in the train." which of these can be found in this excerpt?
Which of these can be found in this excerpt?
A. parallelism
B. repetition
C. an epiphany
D. an allusion*****
I feel his words create an allusion of what he wants the reader to imagine. Right? Wrong?
Answers
Answered by
Cassie
Maybe its parallelism - I can't decide...please help me writeacher.
Answered by
Writeacher
Reading the entire poem helps! It just isn't that long!!
<i>Dreamers
BY SIEGFRIED SASSOON
Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land,
Drawing no dividend from time's to-morrows.
In the great hour of destiny they stand,
Each with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows.
Soldiers are sworn to action; they must win
Some flaming, fatal climax with their lives.
Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin
They think of firelit homes, clean beds and wives.
I see them in foul dug-outs, gnawed by rats,
And in the ruined trenches, lashed with rain,
Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats,
And mocked by hopeless longing to regain
Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats,
And going to the office in the train.</i>
I agree that "allusion" is the best answer among these four. The poet is creating a contrast between the soldier's reality and the life the soldier would really like to be living. The other three answer choices don't fit.
<i>Dreamers
BY SIEGFRIED SASSOON
Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land,
Drawing no dividend from time's to-morrows.
In the great hour of destiny they stand,
Each with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows.
Soldiers are sworn to action; they must win
Some flaming, fatal climax with their lives.
Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin
They think of firelit homes, clean beds and wives.
I see them in foul dug-outs, gnawed by rats,
And in the ruined trenches, lashed with rain,
Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats,
And mocked by hopeless longing to regain
Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats,
And going to the office in the train.</i>
I agree that "allusion" is the best answer among these four. The poet is creating a contrast between the soldier's reality and the life the soldier would really like to be living. The other three answer choices don't fit.
Answered by
Cassie
Great - I should stop second guessing - thank you for the explanation - :)
Answered by
Writeacher
You're welcome.
Remember -- for the future! -- that Sassoon and his friend Wilfred Owen were writing from the war itself. They were <b>in</b> it.
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections
Remember -- for the future! -- that Sassoon and his friend Wilfred Owen were writing from the war itself. They were <b>in</b> it.
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections
Answered by
Cassie
Oh wow...thank you so much -
I only have a few more to ask you - hope you don't mind...
I only have a few more to ask you - hope you don't mind...
Answered by
Anonymous
An allusion
Answered by
Kay
Dear Writeacher,
you are giving incorrect information. It is A. parallelism because the second line follows the same pattern.
you are giving incorrect information. It is A. parallelism because the second line follows the same pattern.
Answered by
George
It’s not allusion. It’s parallelism
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