read the poem. the warning by henry wadsworth longfellow beware! the israelite of old, who tore the lion in his path,—when, poor and blind, he saw the blessed light of heaven no more, shorn of his noble strength and forced to grind in prison, and at last led forth to be a pander to philistine revelry,— upon the pillars of the temple laid his desperate hands, and in its overthrow destroyed himself, and with him those who made a cruel mockery of his sightless woe; the poor, blind slave, the scoff and jest of all, expired, and thousands perished in the fall! there is a poor, blind samson in this land, shorn of his strength and bound in bonds of steel, who may, in some grim revel, raise his hand, and shake the pillars of this commonweal, till the vast temple of our libertiesa shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies. which tone is created by the allusion to sampson? an alarmed tone an apologetic tone a vengeful tone a sympathetic tone
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4.in those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. •type of figurative language: •meaning of figurative language: •effect on tone and mood: •effect on audience: choose out of these: hyperbole, irony, historical question, paradox, allusion,metaphor,personification,symbolism and simile
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What aspect of life was denied the sisters because they lived with their father? (apex) a. books b. marriage c. servants d. material comfort
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Which of the following are characteristics of free verse in “the child is not dead”? select all that apply. -sounds like spoken speech -use of punctuation at the end of each line -no regular rhyme scheme -use of rhymed words at the end of each line (edit) the answer is a & c
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