1) How does the sonnet structure of this poem contribute to its overall meaning?
A)
The first stanza sets up a problem and the second
stanza solves it.
I knew not who had wrought with skill so fine
What I beheld; nor by what laws of art
He had created life and love and heart
4
On canvas, from mere color, curve and line.
Silent I stood and made no move or sign;
Not with the crowd, but reverently apart;
Nor felt the power my rooted limbs to start,
8
But mutely gazed upon that face divine.
B)
The first stanza sets a humorous tone and the second
stanza proves more serious.
The first stanza sets up a scene and the second
stanza clarifies the deeper meaning.
D)
The first stanza sets a mournful tone and the second
stanza offers hope and redemption
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And over me the sense of beauty fell,
As music over a raptured Listener to
The deep-voiced organ breathing out a hymn;
Or as on one who kneels, his beads to tell, 12
There falls the aureate glory filtered through
The windows in some old cathedral dim.
2) How do lines 5 and 6 contribute to the overall meaning of the poem?
A)
they convey that the speaker's experience is deeply
personal
B)
they convey that the speaker's experience is publicly
shared
C)
they convey that the speaker's experience is
awkwardly embarassing
they convey that the speaker's experience is
D)