Question

Which of the following passages provides the best example of imagery? a. "To what green altar, O mysterious priest, / Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, / And all her silken flanks with garlands dressed?" b. "What men or gods are these? What maidens loath?" c. "Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought / As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!" d. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,--that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."

Answer 1

Answer: a. "To what green altar, O mysterious priest, / Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, / And all her silken flanks with garlands dressed?"

Explanation: Of all options, this is the passage that carries the most words with sensory descriptions, mostly visual ones: we read of a green altar, a priest, a heifer lowing at the skies "dressed" with garlands. All the other options are more concerned with action and discourse than with imagery.

Answer 2

The answer to this question is A. "To what green altar, O mysterious priest, / Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, / And all her silken flanks with garlands dressed?"