Which of these excerpts from poems by emily dickinson uses irony? in book 9 of the odyssey, ulysses saves himself and his men by blinding polyphemus. which lines reflect the cyclops's disappointment at being defeated by guile and not by strength? oh heavens! oh faith of ancient prophecies! this, telemus eurymedes foretold (the mighty seer who on these hills grew old; skill'd the dark fates of mortals to declare, and learn'd in all wing'd omens of the air); long since he menaced, such was fate's command; and named ulysses as the destined hand. i deem'd some godlike giant to behold, or lofty hero, haughty, brave, and bold; not this weak pigmy wretch, of mean design, who, not by strength subdued me, but by wine. but come, accept our gifts, and join to pray great neptune's blessing on the watery way; for his i am, and i the lineage own; the immortal father no less boasts the son. a. my cocoon tightens, colors tease, i'm feeling for the air; a dim capacity for wings degrades the dress i wear. b. could she have guessed that it would be; could but a crier of the glee have climbed the distant hill; had not the bliss so slow a pace, — who knows but this surrendered face were undefeated still? c. one dignity delays for all, one mitred afternoon. none can avoid this purple, none evade this crown. d. there's a certain slant of light, on winter afternoons, that oppresses, like the weight of cathedral tunes. heavenly hurt it gives us; we can find no scar, but internal difference where the meanings are. e. exultation is the going of an inland soul to sea, — past the houses, past the headlands, into deep eternity!