Question

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A
One theme developed in the poem is that science removes imagination and wonder.

What is another theme developed in this poem?


Science encourages poets to explore new ideas.

Science makes nature safer and more predictable.

Science destroys the meaning of myths and legends.

Science improves creativity through careful observation.
Part B
Which detail from the poem develops both themes in Part A?


"Science! true daughter of Old Time thou art! / Who alterest all things with thy peering eyes." (lines 1-2)

"Why preyest thou thus upon the poet’s heart, / Vulture, whose wings are dull realities?" (lines 3-4)

"How should he love thee? or how deem thee wise, / Who wouldst not leave him in his wanderin" (lines 5-6)

"Hast thou not dragged Diana from her car, / And driven the Hamadryad from the wood" (lines 9-10)

Answer 1

Part A
Science destroys the meaning of myths and legends.

Part B
"Hast thou not dragged Diana from her car, / And driven the Hamadryad from the wood" (lines 9–10)

These lines explicitly show science displacing mythological figures, which both strips away wonder/imagination and destroys the meanings of myths and legends.