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pretest: poetry
drag the tiles to the boxes to form correct pairs.
match each excerpt to the correct stanza structure.
it was many and many a year ago
in a kingdom by the sea,
that a maiden there lived whom you may know
by the name of annabel lee:
and this maiden she lived with no other thought
than to love and be loved by me.
(from "annabel lee" by edgar allan poe)
o thou, new-year, delaying long,
delayest the sorrow in my blood,
that longs to burst a frozen bud
and flood a fresher throat with song.
(from "in memoriam" by alfred lord tennyson)
nature's first green is gold,
her hardest hue to hold.

Read the excerpt from act iii of the importance of being earnest. jack. [in a pathetic voice.] miss prism, more is restored to you than this hand-bag. i was the baby you placed in it. miss prism. [amazed.] you? jack. [embracing her.] yes . . mother! miss prism. [recoiling in indignant astonishment.] mr. worthing! i am unmarried! jack. unmarried! i do not deny that is a serious blow. but after all, who has the right to cast a stone against one who has suffered? cannot repentance wipe out an act of folly? why should there be one law for men, and another for women? mother, i forgive you. [tries to embrace her again.] what is the best conclusion that can be drawn about jack, based on his words and actions in this excerpt? he has a tendency to be rude. he is inclined to show his emotions. he has a tendency to be gullible. he is inclined to be unresponsive.

What similarities are there between melchizedek and the englishman santiago? explain

How does this poem resemble an elizabethan sonnet? it contains exactly 14 lines. it has no set rhyme pattern. it has a pattern of repeating lines. it has a set number of syllables per line.