Dryden's poems documented the tumultuous politics of the late seventeenth century. His first important poem commemorated the death of Oliver Cromwell. Two years later, his next important poem celebrated the return of Charles II. Despite the historical subject matter of his poems, Dryden used forms and styles that would become popular in the eighteenth century. His poems often featured , rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter. His verses paved the way for the infamous wit of Alexander Pope.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile