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Which lines from "Mending Wall" best indicate that the speaker is amused while repairing the wall?
We wear our fingers rough with handling them.
Oh, just another kind of out-door game,
No one has seen them made or heard them made,
But at spring mending-time we find them there.
And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, “Good fences make good neighbours.”
We have to use a spell to make them balance:
“Stay where you are until our backs are turned!”

What is one difference in the themes of "Harlem" and "The Weary Blues"?
“Harlem” shows curiosity, while “The Weary Blues” conveys facts.
“Harlem” shows joy, while “The Weary Blues” conveys disappointment.
“Harlem” conveys sorrow, while “The Weary Blues” shows happiness.
“Harlem” conveys resentment, while “The Weary Blues” shows expression.

Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 100.”

Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long
To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?
Spend'st thou thy fury on some worthless song,
Darkening thy power to lend base subjects light?
Return, forgetful Muse, and straight redeem5
In gentle numbers time so idly spent;
Sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteem
And gives thy pen both skill and argument.
Rise, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey,
If Time have any wrinkle graven there;10
If any, be a satire to decay,
And make Time's spoils despised every where.
Give my love fame faster than Time wastes life;
So thou prevent'st his scythe and crooked knife.

What is the best paraphrase of line 9?

Wake up, dear sleepyhead!
Fame is fleeting, and so is life.
Get up and look at his lovely face.
Make him famous before he gets old.

Read this line from "Harlem."

Or does it explode?

Read this line from "The Weary Blues."

Thump, thump, thump, went his foot on the floor.

What sense do both of these lines rely on?
the sense of touch
the sense of hearing
the sense of sight
the sense of smell

Read the first stanza of "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls."

The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

Why does the poet most likely use the words “damp and brown” to describe the sands?
to create a subdued mood within the poem
to make the poem more haunting or unsettling
to give a sense of the time of year
to evoke sadness within the reader

Answer 1

1) Which lines from "Mending Wall" best indicate that the speaker is amused while repairing the wall?
- "Oh, just another kind of out-door game," and “We have to use a spell to make them balance: / ‘Stay where you are until our backs are turned!’”
(These lines treat the work playfully, as a game and a joking “spell.”)

2) What is one difference in the themes of "Harlem" and "The Weary Blues"?
- “'Harlem' conveys resentment, while 'The Weary Blues' shows expression.”

3) Best paraphrase of Sonnet 100, line 9 ("Rise, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey,"):
- "Get up and look at his lovely face."

4) What sense do both lines rely on? ("Or does it explode?" / "Thump, thump, thump, went his foot on the floor.")
- the sense of hearing

5) Why does the poet most likely use “damp and brown” to describe the sands?
- to create a subdued mood within the poem