Answer the questions “So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.”

Robert Frost, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”

1. Identify the allusion and where it’s from. If there’s a story, tell it.

2. Write down everything you know or associate with “Eden.

3. How does the allusion impact the speaker’s theme about change?

Analysis:

Write out a formal analysis that addresses the what/how/why (includes, quote, breakdown, purpose).

The speaker’s allusion to , in the lines DIRECT QUOTE highlights the SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALLUSION & THEME. This reference helps the readers understand SPECIFIC THEME IDEA.

If chopin were your music teacher, what techniques would he probably expect you to develop and practice? use details and information from the passage to explain your answer.

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.

For the module essay you will write four paragraphs. • in paragraph 1, state one theme a reader can find in twelfth night and explain why it is good advice for the characters in the story • in paragraph 2, describe an event in the play, and explain how one of the characters' actions illustrates the theme • in paragraph 3. describe another event in the play, and explain how one of the characters' actions illustrates the theme • in paragraph 4. restate the theme, and explain why it is good advice for the reader and ons and you may write about either of the following themes (choose only one) • true love with a little from fortune triumphs over man's folly • troubles come and go don't take things too seriously