Question 1 (10 points) question 1 unsaved
in "the second coming," yeats alludes to

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the jewish notion of a single god who delivered the israelites from slavery in egypt

the ancient greek notion of many gods who treat human beings as pawns

the pagan notion of an afterlife that is wholly different from life on earth

the christian notion of an apocalypse that involves the return of a messiah or savior
question 2 (10 points) question 2 unsaved
what mythological figure is described in lines 11–22 of "the second coming"?

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a centaur

a phoenix

a sphinx

a gorgon
question 3 (10 points) question 3 unsaved
in "the second coming," the third-person speaker has a distinctly

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distorted understanding of history

fearful opinion of other people

pessimistic view of the future

apathetic opinion of the present
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in "an irish airman foresees his death," the speaker is motivated to join the war effort by

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a vicious hatred for the enemy

a personal desire for adventure

a fervent belief that winning the war will benefit his countrymen

old-fashioned or traditional ideas about duty and sacrifice
question 5 (10 points) question 5 unsaved
the speaker in "an irish airman foresees his death" describes both the past and the future as a

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"lonely impulse of delight"

"stain on the present"

"blood-dimmed tide"

"waste of breath"

question 6 (10 points) question 6 unsaved
all of the lines in "do not go gentle into that good night" rhyme with either

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night or day

rage or gentle

dying or live

dark or good

question 7 (10 points) question 7 unsaved
what do night and light represent in this poem?

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hope and despair

death and life

pain and rebirth

love and sorrow

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for what are the "good men" in the poem known?

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their words that "forked no lightning"

their "frail deeds"

their eyes "like meteors"

their song of "the sun in flight

question 9 (10 points) question 9 unsaved
the word grave in stanza 5 of the poem can be interpreted in two ways:

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terrified and open-minded

young and willing to face death

solemn and close to death

crazed and full of regret

question 10 (10 points) question 10 unsaved
the speaker addresses this poem to

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his brother

himself

his father

his mother

"The Second Coming" is a poem composed by Irish poet W. B. Yeats in 1919, first printed in The Dial in November 1920, and later included in his 1921 compilation of verses Michael Robartes and the Dancer. The poem was composed in the outcome of the First World War and the start of the Irish War of Independence that followed the Easter Rising.

A sphinx is a mythological creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. In Greek culture, it has the head of a human, the sides of a lion, and sometimes the wings of a bird. It is mythical as dangerous and ruthless.

Pessimism is a rational attitude in which an unacceptable outcome is expected from a given condition. Pessimists tend to concentrate on the negatives of life in general. The most common illustration of this phenomenon is the "Is the glass half empty or half full?" state; in this situation, a pessimist is said to view the glass as half empty, while an optimist is said to view the glass as half full.

Yeats was strongly associated in politics in Ireland, and in the twenties, despite Irish independence from England, his poetry exhibited a pessimism regarding the political status in his country and the rest of Europe, corresponding the expanding conservativism of his American counterparts in London, T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound .

This poem exposes Yeast's relentlessly fanatic representation of warfare in general and especially in World war 1. At the end of the poem, he reached a conclusion based on the fair assessment on what sort of life the future held for him which, looked a "waste of breath", and the life he left behind, which he also describes as a "waste"

"Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" is composed in a very particular form, the villanelle. Villanelles have nineteen lines split into five three-line stanzas and the sixth stanza including four lines. The rhymes scheme is ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA, so there are just two rhymes (day & night) that complete all the lines.

Night describes death whereas day symbolizes life. The poem is composed because of Dylan's (author) father have been dying and he wants his father to fight for his light. In the poem, different forms of light are discussed and all of them tend to portray a strength and reasons for living.

The excellent way to understand how all those poetic forms work together is to untangle Thomas's sentences, which are all wrapped up so that they match the meter and form of the villanelle. The essential parts of this sentence are the subject, "Good men" (line 7), and the verb, "Rage" (line 9). In the author's view true morality consists of defeating the inevitability of death with all your might.

The speaker explains the way that "Grave men" struggle their approaching death. Regard the pun on "grave," which could either indicate that the men are very serious, or that they are dying. These serious dying guys understand that, even though they are sick and dropping their faculty of sight, they can, however, practice what strength they have to rage against death.

Dylan Thomas wrote this poem to dedicate it to his father and in the entire poem he has discussed death and the the ways of fighting though it.  As his father was going though the same stage and he was about to die but he wanted his father to survive and rage against the death.

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