The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; [5]
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not.--Great God! I'd rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; [10]
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
Lines 5-6 contain examples of?
hyperbole
metonymy
personification
analogy
symbolism
Line 7 contains an example of?
analogy
metaphor
symbolism
allegory
simile
Which of the following best describes the meter of the poem?
Iambic tetrameter
Iambic Pentameter
Trochaic Pentameter
Dactyllic Tetrameter
Trochaic Hexameter
I need help with this poem?
Line 5-6 contain examples of personification. Wordsworth is giving the Sea and the winds human-like qualities. Line 7 contains an example of simile. The wind is compared to "sleeping flowers" using "like." This is obviously a sonnet--more specifically, an Italian sonnet--so the meter must be iambic pentameter.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
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