E. "Birth and death, the fortunes of war, / fear and relief from Tear
attention" (Lines 11-13)
"Aware of the shame /I ought to feel" (Lines 15-16)
F.
3.
A.
In "The Glittering Noise," some of the speaker's statements create the effect of a confession.
Select TWO excerpts from the poem that support this idea.
"To tell the truth, / I believe I could be happy / doing nothing but reading old
diaries / morning to night" (Lines 1-4)
B. "Silk and muslin/brush my hands like moths / passing by" (Lines 4-6)
C. "the dancers / go up and down the room, no one / has learned the Valse as yet"
(Lines 6-8)
D. "Birth and death, the fortunes of war, / fear and relief from fear / compel
attention" (Lines 11-13)
E. "yet they're veiled in the mild Septembery/ haze of time – blessedly present, /
blessedly long gone by" (Lines 13-15)
F. "Aware of the shame / l ought to feel-defecting so willingly from my own
century — // stroll calmly through candlelit rooms” (Lines 15-17)
4.
PART A: In "The Glittering Noise," what does the figure of speech "Silk and muslin / bruch mu