2. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the
answer to Part A?
O A "It turns out that a good handful of rappers use a greater
vocabulary than Shakespeare did, for the same sized
block of lyrics." (Paragraph 1)
OB "and the fact that whereas there are many good ways of
estimating his vocabulary from concordances and good
complete editions, the same was not true for his peers.
Shakespeare was just better documented and his
vocabulary was easier to measure." (Paragraph 7-8)
Сс "So what is it that fascinates people about vocabulary
size? It seems to offer a neat quantitative measure for
literary quality. But this does not stand up to
scrutiny." (Paragraph 14)
O D "The good thing about busting the Shakespeare
vocabulary myth is that we can now avoid that
particular dead-end in working out what makes his use
of language so remarkable ford explore more promising
ones, such as the abundance and creativity of his
metaphors" (Paragraph 15)

What does the term fiend not mean as it is used in the passage? a) beast b) brute c) fanatic d) savage

Write a sentence for each of the four tenses using the subject artists and the verb create

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.