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Bryant Quiz

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The speaker in Thanatopsis tells the readers not to worry about dying friendless because the living will join them eventually
Blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter
Who or what is the "she" referred to near the beginning of Thanatopsis nature
Which word best completes the following sentence? She did not feel like laughing and having fun because she was in a ___ mood pensive
The speaker says that wood, rivers, and oceans are decorations for man't tombs true
The speaker says "All that treat/ the globe are a handful to the tribes/ that slumber in its bosom." "The tribe the slumbers" refers to everyone who has died
The speaker compares dying to sleeping true
What effect does the meter of the poem produce, as related to its subject? it is soothing in its regularity
At the end of thanatopsis, the speaker says readers should approach death as something comforting
According to the speaker in thanatopsis, one should go outside and listen to Nature's teachings when on is fearing one's own death
To what is death compared near the end of thanatopsis sleep
Which of the following is not an elaboration of "All that brethe/ will share thy destiny"? "In their last sleep-the dead reign there alone"
Thanatopsis is written in rhyming couplets true
In lines 8-29 of thanatopsis, death is viewed as right and natural
act of sharing thoughts and actions communion
father; ruler; founder patriarch
lump; often of earth or clay clod
vault for burial sepulcher
lacking sensation; unaware insensible
discontinuation; passing away lapse
having white or gray hair hoary
anything that destroys or prevents blight
expressing deep thoughtfulness pensive
worthy of respect by reason of age and dignity venerable
Which statement about iambic pentameter is true? there are five feet in a line, and the second syllables are stressed
Which of the following is an antonym for insensible in the sentence, "He splashed in the icy water, seemingly insensible."? aware
The speaker says that nature is unchanging false
Which if the following lines is in the most regular iambic pentameter? "To Natures's teachings, while form all around"
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