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Williams, "The Red Wheelbarrow" Book Questions By: Griffin Kimbrell

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Williams, "The Red Wheelbarrow" Book Questions By: Griffin Kimbrell

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1. In "The Red Wheelbarrow," William Carlos Williams presents a seemingly simple farm scene, but the objects he refers to—the red wheelbarrow, the white chickens, and the rainwater—have a deep significance that extends beyond the immediate moment.

To a farmer, the red wheelbarrow is likely an essential tool used to transport crops, soil, and other materials around the farm. The chickens are a source of food and income, and the rainwater is crucial for growing crops and maintaining the health of the soil.

But the poem suggests that these objects have a larger significance beyond their practical uses. The repetition of the phrase "so much depends upon" emphasizes the importance of these objects to the farm and, by extension, to human life. The wheelbarrow, chickens, and rainwater are all vital components of a larger system that sustains life and provides nourishment.

In this sense, the poem suggests that all of us depend on the natural world and the interconnected systems that sustain life. The poem encourages us to consider the significance of seemingly ordinary objects and to appreciate the complex and interdependent systems that make life possible.

2. The references to color, shape, and texture in "The Red Wheelbarrow" suggest a focus on the concrete and tangible aspects of the world. The poem's emphasis on these sensory details helps to create a vivid and memorable image of the red wheelbarrow and the white chickens.

The juxtaposition of objects in the poem - the wheelbarrow and the chickens - emphasizes the relationship between human labor and the natural world. The wheelbarrow is a tool used for agricultural work, while the chickens are a product of that work. The poem suggests that these seemingly disparate elements are intimately connected and dependent on each other.

In terms of its shape, "The Red Wheelbarrow" is a short, imagistic poem with a distinct visual quality. The poem's layout on the page, with its short lines and emphasis on line breaks, contributes to its visual impact.

The poem implies two ways of observing and valuing the world: first, a focus on the concrete and tangible aspects of the world, such as color, shape, and texture; and second, an appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things. By drawing attention to the relationship between the wheelbarrow and the chickens, the poem suggests that human labor is a necessary part of the natural world, and that the products of that labor are inextricably linked to the natural environment.

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Hardy, "The Man He Killed" Book Questions By: Dylan Walker

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Hardy, "The Man He Killed" Book Questions By: Dylan Walker

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1. The man is stumbling over his words because he is nervous about killing the guy on the bridge.
2. It shows his he feels wrong for killing someone with no personal purpose.

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Plath, "Mirror" Book Questions By: Lane Elkins

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Plath, "Mirror" Book Questions By: Lane Elkins

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1. The speaker in the first stanza is a mirror in a girl's room while the speaker in the second stanza is a lake. The purpose of the poem is to show how people struggle with their identity and emotions while aging from the perspective of something that never changes. Plath uses imagery to show the process of aging in a woman who doesn't want to grow old. The mirror notes that it is "silver and exact" and that it has been in the same place for "so long", but faces and darkness obstruct its view of the opposite wall. This shows how the girl's room never changes, but she did. The lake observes a woman searching for "what she is". The lake shows the woman her reflection, but the woman is upset by the truth and splashes her reflection. The aging woman comes every morning to try to find her identity but is always angry at what she sees. The lake describes the young girl that once came every morning "drowned" and was replaced by an old woman.
2. The mirror is unlike a person because it is unbiased. Its judgment is unaffected by love or dislike and it is always truthful unlike a person's. The mirror also stays in one place constantly observing while a person moves and sleeps. The mirror is like a person because it grew attached to the opposite wall much like how a person grows attached to things around them. The mirror is like a lake because both are reflective surfaces that show the truth and constantly observe, but unlike the mirror, the reflection in the lake can be splashed away.

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Yeats, "Leda and the Swan" Book Questions By: Jon Walker Honey

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Yeats, "Leda and the Swan" Book Questions By: Jon Walker Honey

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1.) The burning wall, the burning roof and tower, and Agamemnon dead not only represents the destruction of Troy, but also an act of physical violence that mentally tears a person down. Because of the interaction between Leda and the swan, also known as Zeus, and then the interaction between Leda and her husband, she becomes pregnant with two eggs. Clytemnestra is one of the children from the two eggs that Leda was pregnant with. Clytemnestra is the one who is responsible for Agamemnon's death.

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Yeats, "The Second Coming" Book Questions By: Whitt Sutherland

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Yeats, "The Second Coming" Book Questions By: Whitt Sutherland

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"The Second Coming" is a poem that displays a dark and gloomy mood. The first line sets the mood by describing how the world is falling apart. He portrays that people's morals and beliefs continue to slowly break down, while chaos has began to unfold. Yeats use of language creates an inevitable doom, when readers feel that the world is on the brink of terrible events. The overall mood of the poem is one of fear and uncertainty, while feeling that something terrible is about to happen

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Steven, "Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock" Book Questions By: Ben Cofield

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Steven, "Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock" Book Questions By: Ben Cofield

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What is the "Disillusionment" to which the title refers?
The disillusionment is that during 10 o'clock the writer starts seeing plainness dreams of white gowns while the sailor's dream contrast his and is more colorful.

What is the connotation of "red"?
The connotation of red is that the drunken sailor's dreams are more exciting than most towns folks with the colorful weather and catching tigers.

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Dickinson, “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain” Book Questions By: Aynelise Vickery

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Dickinson, “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain” Book Questions By: Aynelise Vickery

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1. Many senses are evoked using imagery throughout the poem. Although the narrator does not feel tangible senses, everything is felt within her mind. The narrator has an exceptional imagination that allows her to feel her thoughts as senses. Hearing is evoked through the imagery of drums, the pacing of lead boots, and the creaking of a casket. The sense of touch and feeling is evoked as the narrator describes images of falling and being lifted. Although the narrator does not necessarily experience the sense of sight, she sees everything within her imagination. The entire poem is visualized within the narrator’s mind; therefore, she sees the entire image of her funeral. The major senses not reflected in the poem are taste and smell. The author does not include any senses that evoke senses of taste or smell.

3. In sequence, the funeral activities in stanzas one through three are symbolic of a woman’s descent into madness. Stanza one describes the events before this metaphorical funeral begins. Stanza one mentions the mourners who are waiting for the funeral service to start. Stanza one is symbolic of how this woman felt overwhelmed and on the brink of a breakdown. The mourners are symbolic of the woman’s awareness that her brain is dying. Stanza two describes the events during the funeral service. At this point, the woman is so chronically overwhelmed that her mind goes numb. She has lost the ability to form thoughts. Finally, stanza three describes the woman’s metaphorical burial. This is symbolic of the complete mental deterioration of the woman. The woman’s cognitive ability has been buried, and there is nothing left.

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Williams, "The Widow's Lament in Springtime" Book Questions By: Alexis Bailey

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Williams, "The Widow's Lament in Springtime" Book Questions By: Alexis Bailey

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2.  The son tells the woman about the flowering trees because he wants to make her happy. He wants her to go out there and see the white flowers on the tree. The yard is described to be a place where she is reminded of her husband who has passed away, and a meadow is a place that would give her a sense of calmness because of the white flowers. The heavy "woods" is described as heavy because of her grief, and the meadow is where she wants to pass away. The widow desires to die and to be back with her husband.
3. In lines 2-3 the author uses words to describe her yard as if it was on fire and in lines 13-14 the author uses strong words to describe the color of the flowers and the trees. The contrast between these is in the beginning she is saying that the grass is on fire and in lines 13-14 she is saying that the color of the flowers is vibrant and maybe sprouting life into herself and her yard. The word "masses" relate to the senses of the speaker because she is comparing the mass of the tree's beauty which is weighing her down because she can not appreciate it.

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Bishop, "In The Waiting Room" Book Questions By: Sarah Knight

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Bishop, "In The Waiting Room" Book Questions By: Sarah Knight

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question 2: the poem situates the speaker very specifically in time and place. why is this important?
the time is important because the speaker mentions a war many times, which shes talking about the first world war and the influenza pandemic that was taking place there.

question 3: the speaker, almost 7 years old, is in a dentists waiting. in what sense is this setting a metaphor for a different kind of waiting?
the waiting room represents americans waiting to see what happens in the war

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A.E. Housman, "To an Athlete Dying Young" - Irony and Catharsis By: Rome Yarbrough

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A.E. Housman, "To an Athlete Dying Young" - Irony and Catharsis By: Rome Yarbrough

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In the poem, "To an Athlete Dying Young", Houseman displays irony when he talks about the young athlete's legacy. He said,  "And early though the laurel grows it withers quicker than the rose". This means that the laurel of victory won't always stick around, it actually goes away rather quickly. He also said that " the name dies before the man" which I think means that not everyone is going to remember a young athlete.

Catharsis is displayed in "To an Athlete Dying Young" when the narrator seems devastated when the young athlete passes away.