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POETRY APPRECIATION1. NATURE By LongfellowAs a fond mother, when the day is oer Leads by the hand her little child to bed,Half willing, half reluctant to be led,And leave his broken playthings on the floor,Still gazing at them through the open door, 5Nor wholly reassured and comfortedBy promises of others in their stead,Which, though more splendid, may not please him more;So nature deals with us,and takes awayOur playthings one by one, and by the hand10 Leads us to rest so gently,that we goScarece knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown transcneds the what we know.Answer the following questions:1) Whats the main idea of the poem?2) Whats the rhyming scheme of the poem?3) Why should the child should be half willing and half relunctant to go to bed(Line 3)?4) What figure of speech (rehtoric device) is employed in the poem ?5) What does the broken playthings on the floor ine Line 4 indicate?2. THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDES FALLSBy LongfellowThe tide rises, the tide falls,The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;Along the sea-sands damp and brownThe traveller hastens toward the town, And the tide rises, the tide falls.5Darkness settles on roofs and walls,But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls;The little waves, with their soft, white hands,Efface the footprints in the sands, And the tide rises, the tide falls.10The morning breaks; the steeds in their stallsStamp and neigh, as the hoster calls;The day returns, but nevermoreReturns the traveler to the shore, And the tide rises, the tide falls.15Answer the following questions:1) Whats the main idea of the poem?2) Whats the rhyming scheme of the poem?3) What does the poet mean by “ the footprints in the sands ”(L9) ?4) What figure of speech (rehtoric device) is employed in “the steeds in their stalls”(Line 11) and in lines 8-9? And whats the most conspicuous figure of speech employed in the whole poem ?3 . 449 By Emily DickinsonI died for Beauty-but was scarceAdjusted in the TombWhen One who died of Truth, was lainIn an adjoining RoomHe questioned softly “Why I failed”?5“For Beauty,”I replied“And I - for Truth”Themself are OneWe Brethjeren, are, “ He said -And so, as Kinsmen, met a Night We talked between the RoomsUntil the Mosss had reached our lipsAnd covered up our names Answer the following questions:1) Whats the main idea of the poem?2) Whom does “I” in “Why I failed”(Line 5) refer to?3) How do you account for the misspelling “Themself” in Line 7?4. Down by the Salley Gardens My love and I did meetShe passed the Salley GardensWith little snow-white feet She bid me take love easy As the leaves grow on the treeBut I being young and foolish With herwould not agree In a field by the riverMy love and I did standAnd on my leaning shoulder She laid her snow-white hand She bid me take life easy As the grass grows on the weirsBut I was young and foolishAnd now am full of tears Answer the following questions:1) Whats the main idea of the poem?2) Whats the rhyming scheme of the poem?3) Whom does “I”actually represent?Answers for ReferencePoem 1 NatureAnswer the following questions:1) Whats the main idea of the poem? The poem makes a vivid comparison between nature and the mother, between we and the child. Like the child we are lured by the present pleasures of life and are unwilling to calm ourselves.Like the mother , Nature tries to lead us to rest and offers new attractions in life.2) Whats the rhyming scheme of the poem?Abbaabba+ cdecde that is , Petrarchan style(Italian style): an octaverhyming + a sestet rhyming3) Why should the child should be half willing and half relunctant to go to bed(Line 3)? He is sleepy, so he is eager to have a sleep; he has not satisfied himself with the games,so he wants to linger on.4) What figure of speech (rehtoric device) is employed in the poem ? Analoge. The poet makes an analogy between nature and the mother, between we and the child.5) What does the broken playthings on the floor ine Line 4 indicate? It indicates that the child must be a naughty one, for he has broken his playthings.2. THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDES FALLS1) Whats the main idea of the poem? Time is eternal and nature is the most powerful.No matter what happens to man, time will go on with its endless circle.Man comes and goes, but nature remains and time will efface all human endeavours and achievements. In front of nature and time, manis trivial and a small part of it. No man is grea enough to change nature or to stop time. In the vast sea of history, man is only a small drop of water. 2) Whats the rhyming scheme of the poem?aabba3) What does the poet mean by “ the footprints in the sands ”(L9) ? Its a methor, referring ot humans past and achievements.4) What figure of speech (rehtoric device) is employed in “the steeds in their stalls”(Line 11) and in lines 8-9? And whats the most conspicuous figure of speech employed in the whole poem ? Alliteration; personification; repetition.3 . 449 By Emily DickinsonAnswer the following questions:1) Whats the main idea of the poem? Beauty and truth are one organic whole which cannot be separated. (The same idea as Keats.)2) Whom does “I” in “Why I failed”(Line 5) refer to? The narrator, who died for Beauty.3) How do you account for the misspelling “Themself” in Line 7? Its a deliberate misspelling. It is both plural(them)and singular (self). Its plural because truth and beauty are two things.It is singular because they are ultimately one unity.4. Down by the Salley Gardens Answer the following questions:1) Whats the main idea of the poem? The poem carries a flavor of romance, yet it is more a poem about the fundanmental question on life: how to live and enjoy. The speakers lover is like a wise person who knows all the rules of the game in life. Love, life, these two are surely the things every single human being cant expect to bypass lightly.They are essential to every human being.Love and lif eare like leaves on the tree and grass on the weirs. Leaves and gr