1. read these lines from the poem. a thousand martyrs i have made, all sacrificed to my desire; how do the lines reflect the central idea that the speaker is concerned only with her own pleasure? they imply that the speaker is a romantic person who has had many relationships. they are meant to be ironic because the speaker is a martyr as well. they proclaim that the speaker has callously used people for her own benefit. they imply that the speaker is heartbroken over her behavior. 2.read this line from the poem. the untamed heart to hand i brought, what is the meaning of the figurative language in this line? the speaker is appreciative of people who are free thinkers. the speaker prefers people who are reliable and easy to control. the speaker strives to dominate any partner with whom she has a relationship. the speaker has overcome th

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification