Question

Read this excerpt from "Aedh Gives His Beloved Certain Rhymes" by William Butler Yeats. I bade my heart build these poor rhymes: It worked at them, day out, day in, Building a sorrowful loveliness Out of the battles of old times. You need but lift a pearl-pale hand, And bind up your long hair and sigh Which words does the poet include to help readers visualize the scene? "these poor rhymes" "day out, day in" "battles of old times" "pearl-pale hand"

Answer 1

Answer:

The words the poet includes to help readers visualize the scene are:

"pearl-pale hand"

Explanation:

The device used by writers to help readers visualize a scene is called imagery. The words chosen by the writer will appeal to one or more of the five senses, making it easier for readers to see, feel, hear etc. what is being described. Among the options given in the question, there is one that appeals to our sense of sight: "pearl-pale hand". These are the words that introduce the part in the excerpt that gets readers imagining a scene:

You need but lift a pearl-pale hand, And bind up your long hair and sigh

Notice how this passage is filled with imagery. We can easily visualize a poet lifting his white hand to tie his hair. We can hear him sighing before he starts to write. We can clearly imagine the scene.

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer is C. “battles of old times”

Explanation:

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