Choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word. “An aged man is but a paltry thing,/ a tattered coat upon a stick

The poet says the country he had left was a country of youth and so he has moved to the holy city of Byzantium. He calls the saints as masters and asks them to be his soul's singing masters.

He says his heart is a stick with desire and it is attached to a dying animal. Yeats speaks about the agony of old age.

Flord1949 Flord1949 · Answer 2 · 2022-05-24T19:40:27+02:00

For questions 1-7 choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word.

1. "An aged man is but a paltry thing,/A tattered coat upon a stick..."
A. Inadequate

2. "You dozed, and watched the night revealing/The thousand sordid images..."

A. Disgusting

3. "Between the desire/And the spasm/Between the potency/And the existence..."

D. Power

4. "My friend, you would not tell with such high zest/To children ardent for some desperate glory..."

B. Enthusiasm

5. "Triumphantly pressing down the alarm-knob of the clock, the dark half of his mind had outwitted, remaining vigilant all night..."

D. watchful

6. Soon he had left the cultivated part of the farm."

C. Prepared for planting

7. "He closed his eyes and pointed his chin at the ceiling like some dire prophet..."

D. ominous

8. Read these lines from William Butler Yeats's "The Second Coming." Which of these best restates what is being described?

B. The world is descending into chaos.

9.This line of dialogue from Graham Green's "A Shocking Accident" is an example of which of the following?
B. Humor of situation

10. Read these lines from Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est." Which of these can be found in this excerpt?

A. Parallelism

11. In which excerpt from Stevie Smith's "The Frog Prince" does the speaker most clearly doubt whether he truly wants to be disenchanted?

C. "I am happy, I like the life,/Can swim for many a mile..."

12. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

D. We spent the week swimming, watching movies, and sleeping late every morning.

13. Which sentence is punctuated incorrectly?

C. The president lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20500.

14. Which sentence is punctuated incorrectly?

The story was, far too long and way too dull, in my opinion.

15. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
C. The children's playroom was a metaphorical beehive of activity.

16. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
B. The most popular house pets are as follows: dogs, cats, and birds.

17. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

B. A Newseek article entitled "Today's Child" has sparked a lot of controversy.

Good job on making it this far into the year everyone!