–45 REFER TO THE FOLLOWING POEM WRITTEN IN THE UNITEDSTATE...
Questions 40–45
refer to the following poem written in the United
States during the nineteenth century. Read the poem carefully and
then answer the questions.
To a Waterfowl
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Whither, midst falling dew,
While glow the heavens with the last steps of day,
Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue
Thy solitary way?
Vainly the fowler’s eye
5
Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,
As, darkly seen against the crimson sky,
Thy figure floats along.
Seek’st thou the plashy brink
10
Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide,
Or where the rocking billows rise and sink
On the chafed ocean-side?
There is a Power whose care
Teaches thy way along that pathless coast–
15
The desert and illimitable air–
Lone wandering, but not lost.
All day thy wings have fanned,
At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere,
Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land,
20
Though the dark night is near.
And soon that toil shall end;
Soon shalt thou find a summer home, and rest,
And scream among thy fellows; reeds shall bend
Soon, o’er thy sheltered nest.
25
Thou’rt gone, the abyss of heaven
Hath swallowed up thy form; yet, on my heart
Deeply has sunk the lesson thou hast given,
40.
What message does the poet wish to
43.
How does the speaker’s concern with the
communicate in this selection?
waterfowl contrast with the fowler’s
interest in the bird?
(A)
Concern for the bird’s destination
(B)
Love of nature
I.
The speaker wishes the bird to escape,
(C)
Concern about the waterfowl’s fate
and the fowler wants to shoot it.
(D) Nature as a source of inspiration and
II.
The speaker is interested in the bird
as a source of spiritual nourishment,
understanding
whereas the fowler is interested in
(E)
The beauty of wild things
the waterfowl as a source of bodily
41.
Which of the following images relating to
nourishment.
the waterfowl corresponds to the speaker’s
III.
The speaker is concerned with the
“long way” (line 31)?
emotional response created by the
waterfowl; the fowler is concerned
(A)
“Thy figure floats along” (line 8)
with the intellectual challenge
(B)
“thy distant flight” (line 6)
presented in shooting the bird.
(C)
“thy way along that pathless coast”
(line 14)
(A)
I only
(D) “thy wings have fanned” (line 17)
(B)
II only
(E)
“that toil shall end” (line 21)
(C)
III two only
(D) II and III
42.
The poet uses figurative language in order
(E)
I, II, and III
to show the relationship between the
waterfowl and
44.
All of the following are true about the tone
of “To a Waterfowl” EXCEPT
(A)
Divine Providence.
(B)
nature’s wild creatures.
(A)
Emotional
(C)
nature’s mystery.
(B)
Spiritual
(D) the fowler’s target.
(C)
Contemplative
(E)
nature’s beauty.
(D) Subjective
(E)
Fantastical
45.
How would you classify lines 2 through 4?
(A)
Vivid imagery
(B)
An extended metaphor
(C)
Musical devices
(D) Allusion
(E)
Direct address
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