Answer:
I road in a boat yesterday called The MoonLighter.
Explanation: The MoonLighter is a boat located in North Palm Beach, Florda.
The participle in the sentence (the participle is stacked because it is a verb being used to modify a noun) modifies the word NEWSPAPERS
Answer:
a. It criticizes the way some readers try to understand a poem
Explanation:
Billy Collins makes a great reference to how some readers try to understand a poem, by saying that they begin beating it with a hose, trying to explain that they take everything too rough and do not consider all the factors, nor try with the care and importance that analyzing a poem should have, he writes in his poem the ways to understand a poem, speaks about
"I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author’s name on the shore."
Speaking about a way of getting to know the poem and investigate, about feeling it and letting it take you places, but all what readers want to do is easily and quickly understand it.
Answer:
<u>The words to fill the space in the sentence would be:</u>
characteristics of Neoclassical poem
usage of heroic couplet
elevated style of language.
Explanation:
"Thought on the Works of Providence" is a poem written by Phillis Wheatley.
<u>The poem talks about the creation and works of God (Providence-word used to refer to God)</u>.
The characteristic of the poem relates to the Neoclassical Poem. The word 'Neoclassicism' means the 'rebirth of Classicism.' The Neoclassical Era appeared during the age of Pope and Dryden between 1680-1750. The characteristics of Neoclassical Poem is that it lacked passion or feelings. The Neoclassical poets were dependent upon the knowledge and learning for inspiration.
The other characteristic of a Neoclassical Poem was that it used Heroic Couplets. Heroic Couplets is a form of English Poetry widely used by Chaucer. The poetry written in Heroic couplet, consists of a pair of rhyming verses and iambic pentameter is used to create a poetic rhythm.
The style of language used in 'Thoughts on the Works of Providence' is an elevated style. The writers use 'elevated style of language' to create a formal tone which is free from dialect and idioms. This style of writiing is used to orate about dignitaries, or even God. An elevate style of writing is considered as the most noble one.