AP English Literature and Composition Unit 2: Poetry I

Poem 2 (William Wordsworth, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," 1807 — public domain).

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

Based on Poem 2, the verbs "fluttering," "dancing," and "tossing" share which effect?

Poem 2 (William Wordsworth, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," 1807 — public domain).

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

Based on Poem 2, the contrast between the speaker ("lonely as a cloud") and the daffodils ("a crowd") most directly suggests that:

Poem 2 (William Wordsworth, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," 1807 — public domain).

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

In Poem 2, the speaker's IMAGERY of the daffodils as "a crowd" and "a host" most directly accomplishes which effect?

Poem 1 (Emily Dickinson, c. 1863 — public domain).

Because I could not stop for Death —
He kindly stopped for me —
The Carriage held but just Ourselves —
And Immortality.

We slowly drove — He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility —

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess — in the Ring —
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain —
We passed the Setting Sun —

Based on Poem 1, the inclusion of "Immortality" as a passenger in stanza 1 suggests that:

Poem 1 (Emily Dickinson, c. 1863 — public domain).

Because I could not stop for Death —
He kindly stopped for me —
The Carriage held but just Ourselves —
And Immortality.

We slowly drove — He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility —

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess — in the Ring —
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain —
We passed the Setting Sun —

In Poem 1, the SPEAKER is best described as:

Poem 3 (Walt Whitman, "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," 1865 — public domain).

When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.

Based on Poem 3, the word "unaccountable" in line 5 is significant because it:

Poem 3 (Walt Whitman, "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," 1865 — public domain).

When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.

Which choice best describes the STRUCTURAL contrast in Poem 3?

Poem 1 (Emily Dickinson, c. 1863 — public domain).

Because I could not stop for Death —
He kindly stopped for me —
The Carriage held but just Ourselves —
And Immortality.

We slowly drove — He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility —

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess — in the Ring —
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain —
We passed the Setting Sun —

Poem 2 (William Wordsworth, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," 1807 — public domain).

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

Poem 3 (Walt Whitman, "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," 1865 — public domain).

When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.

Across Poems 1, 2, and 3, which feature do all three poems share?

Poem 1 (Emily Dickinson, c. 1863 — public domain).

Because I could not stop for Death —
He kindly stopped for me —
The Carriage held but just Ourselves —
And Immortality.

We slowly drove — He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility —

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess — in the Ring —
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain —
We passed the Setting Sun —

Based on Poem 1, the word "kindly" in line 2 carries which most significant effect?

Poem 3 (Walt Whitman, "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," 1865 — public domain).

When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.

Based on Poem 3, the repetition of "When I" at the start of the first four lines chiefly creates:

Poem 2 (William Wordsworth, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," 1807 — public domain).

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

Based on Poem 2, the simile "Continuous as the stars that shine / And twinkle on the milky way" chiefly:

Poem 1 (Emily Dickinson, c. 1863 — public domain).

Because I could not stop for Death —
He kindly stopped for me —
The Carriage held but just Ourselves —
And Immortality.

We slowly drove — He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility —

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess — in the Ring —
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain —
We passed the Setting Sun —

Based on Poem 1, the parallel structure in stanza three ("We passed the School... We passed the Fields... We passed the Setting Sun") chiefly serves to: