Match each excerpt to its poetic style. enjambment iambic pentameter blank verse there is a quiet spirit in these woods, that dwells where'er the gentle south-wind blows; where, underneath the white-thorn, in the glade, the wild flowers bloom, or, kissing the soft air, the leaves above their sunny palms outspread. (from "the spirit of poetry" by henry wadsworth longfellow) arrowboth ah! what is not a dream by day to him whose eyes are cast on things around him with a ray turned back upon the past? (from "a dream" by edgar allan poe) arrowboth i said unto myself, if i were dead, what would befall these children? what would be their fate, who now are looking up to me for and furtherance? their lives, i said, (from "a shadow" by henry wadsworth longfellow) arrowboth

The correct answers are:

*Black verse:

There is a quiet spirit in these woods,

That dwells where'er the gentle south-wind blows;

Where, underneath the white-thorn, in the glade,

The wild flowers bloom, or, kissing the soft air,

The leaves above their sunny palms outspread. (from "The Spirit of Poetry" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

The poetic style of this poem is black verse, since it is written with regular metrical but unrhymed lines. In other words, un-rhyming verses written in iambic pentameter.

*Enjambment:

Ah! what is not a dream by day

To him whose eyes are cast

On things around him with a ray

Turned back upon the past? (from "A Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe)

The poetic style of this poem is enjambment, since it contains lines that end without punctuation and without completing a sentence or clause.

*Iambic pentameter:

I said unto myself, if I were dead,

What would befall these children? What would be

Their fate, who now are looking up to me

For help and furtherance? Their lives, I said, (from "A Shadow" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

The poetic style of this poem is iambic pentameter, since it is a combination of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. An iambic pentameter has five stressed syllables and ten syllables total.

answer: b. grete might have remained as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the story.

one of the most interesting characteristics of gregor's metamorphosis is that, although he is the only character who has physically changed, it is this same change which triggered a transformation in the rest of his family.

by taking care of gregor, grete has become stronger and more confident. she has found a life outside of the house, and has become more independent and self-sufficient. the novel implies that the trigger for the change is gregor's own transformation, and that without it, grete was likely to remain as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the book.

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