How like a winter hath my absence been
from thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
what freezings have i felt, what dark days seen!
what old december's bareness every where!
1. william shakespeare, "how like a winter hath my absence been," in shakespeare's
sonnets, ed. william j. rolfe (new york: harper & brothers, 1883), 95.
which of the following is the most likely explanation for how the structure of
the poem contributes to its meaning?
a. the repetition of exclamation marks is part of the poem's lyric
structure and conveys that each comparison is highly emotional
for the speaker.
o
b. the image of "freezings" conveys that this is an excerpt from an
epic poem and suggests that the speaker's true love is cold and
doesn't return his affection.
o
c. the sequence of ideas from "winter" to "fleeting year" uses an epic
structure to tell a complex story about the speaker's relationship.
o
d. the lack of rhyme between "year" and "where" shows that this
poem is a lyric work in which the speaker feels too angry to write
correctly.

i believe its d, because it doesn't rhyme and he also isn't a fan of the cold

answer; /// the correct answer to the above statement is (a) because of the decline on native american labor forces;

what: when quoting a source, use the author’s words verbatim, or word-for-word. this means you shouldn’t change any grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. put quotations around the words to tell your reader where the quote begins and where it ends.

you also need to acknowledge the author. for example, if using mla format for your research paper, you should have in-text citations with the author’s name and page number listed at the end of each quote.

when: use quotations to provide concrete examples to support your claims. using direct quotations is a great way to build your credibility on the subject. it’s also a good idea to quote your source when the author states things in a powerful way. if you think he or she said it best, then use the exact words to share the ideas.

example: in the short story “a jury of her peers”, mrs. hale compares mrs. wright to her caged bird, saying “she—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself. real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. how—she—did—change” (glaspell).

paraphrasing

what: paraphrasing differs from quoting because you restate the passage in your own words. since you don’t use the author’s words, you don’t need to use quotation marks. however, you still need to acknowledge the author for his or her ideas.

when paraphrasing a text, you should communicate the full meaning of the text; don’t change the meaning. it can be a condensed version of the text, or it could end up being longer than the source it’s paraphrasing.

when: you use paraphrasing when you take notes, or explain a chart or diagram to someone. paraphrasing highlight the important parts of a larger text. it also allows you to simplify the ideas for your readers.

example:

original: “it was no ordinary thing that called her away–it was probably further from ordinary than anything that had ever happened in dickson county. but what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted” (glaspell).

paraphrase: as mrs. hales walks around mrs. wright’s home, she notices that the kitchen is in disarray as if she was in the middle of baking bread (glaspell).