Answer:
There are no general rules about such functions, the student or critic analysing the poem has to decide in each case afresh which is the function in the particular poem he or she is dealing with.
Explanation:
Two aspects of stanza form are particularly relevant for the analysis of poetry: First, a stanza form is always used to some purpose, it serves a specific function in each poem. Second, well-known stanza forms stand in a certain tradition. The sonnet for instance started its career in English poetry as a love poem.
Answer:
Explanation:
The theme of 'Dragonwings' is change. People are usually worried about change, but the change most likely will have a positibe outcome, which is what happens with Moon Shadow and his family. The setting in the book first took place in China, which was Moon Shadow's first home.
Answer:
C. Relaxing when he hears a knock at his door.
Explanation:
The poem The raven by Edgar Allan Poe opened with the narrator feeling weak and tired, he was starting to fall asleep when he heard a tapping noise like someone was gently knocking on his chamber door. The following lines:
''While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door'',
clearly show that the narrator was starting to relax when he heard tapping.
