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English, 18.02.2020 22:51, coolkitty35

Read this stanza from Emily Dickinson's "There’s a certain Slant of light":
When it comes, the Landscape listens−
Shadows−hold their breath−
When it goes, ’tis like the Distance
On the look of Death−

question 1
Read the stanza from Emily Dickinson's "There's a certain Slant of light" to answer this question.
What's the effect of the personification in this stanza?
Question 10 options:

It makes the poet's world imaginary.

It suggests distance between humans and the natural world.

It emphasizes light's power over both humans and the natural world.

It contradicts the final image.

It heightens the final stanza's alliteration.

question 2
Read the stanza from Emily Dickinson's "There's a certain Slant of light" to answer this question.
By the end of the poem, the speaker's experience of the light has shifted from:
Question 11 options:

despair to hopefulness.

regal illness to oppression.

similarity to difference.

emotional certainty to joyful spirituality.

emotional discord to ominous distance.

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Read this stanza from Emily Dickinson's "There’s a certain Slant of light":
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