Question

can you answer these questions

Read the excerpt from "London's Summer Morning."

Now pastry dainties catch the eye minute
Of humming insects, while the limy snare
Waits to enthrall them.

What does this excerpt from the poem describe?
a bakery hoping to draw in customers
a rotting pastry surround by insects
a trap used to capture flying bugs
a group of people wearing bright colors

Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 19.”

Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,
And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;
Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,
And burn the long-liv'd phoenix, in her blood;
Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets,
And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,
To the wide world and all her fading sweets;
But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:
O! carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,
Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;
Him in thy course untainted do allow
For beauty's pattern to succeeding men.
Yet, do thy worst old Time: despite thy wrong,
My love shall in my verse ever live young.

Which features make this an example of a Shakespearean sonnet? Select three options.

the abab, cdcd, efef, gg rhyme scheme
the groupings of two stressed syllables
the widespread use of iambic pentameter
the use of three quatrains followed by a couplet
the fact that the final lines summarize the preceding lines

Which best describes the speaker of "London's Summer Morning"?
a lamplighter putting out the streetlights
a housemaid in a private home
a chimney-boy watching a market
a person walking through London’s streets

Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 19.”

Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,
And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;
Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,
And burn the long-liv'd phoenix, in her blood;
Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets,5
And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,
To the wide world and all her fading sweets;
But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:
O! carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,
Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;10
Him in thy course untainted do allow
For beauty's pattern to succeeding men.
Yet, do thy worst old Time: despite thy wrong,
My love shall in my verse ever live young.

Which is the best paraphrase of the line 9?

Keep time from passing.
Time cannot alter my love.
My love has beautiful brows.
Do not make my love look older.

How are the speakers of "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" similar?
Both fear disapproval by others.
Both seem angry and tormented.
Both are forthright and confident.
Both reject religious feelings.

Answer 1

1) "Now pastry dainties..." — a trap used to capture flying bugs.
- The “limy snare” (sticky trap) and “humming insects” show the pastry is bait for catching insects.

2) Features that make Sonnet 19 a Shakespearean sonnet (select three):
- the abab, cdcd, efef, gg rhyme scheme
- the widespread use of iambic pentameter
- the use of three quatrains followed by a couplet

3) Speaker of "London's Summer Morning" — a person walking through London’s streets.
- The narrator observes various street scenes as they move through the city.

4) Best paraphrase of line 9 ("O! carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,") — Do not make my love look older.
- The speaker pleads with Time not to mark their beloved with age/wrinkles.

5) How the speakers of the two Dickinson poems are similar — Both are forthright and confident.
- Each speaker expresses their perspective calmly and assertively rather than being fearful or tormented.