Question

Read the poem and answer the question. "An Hymn to the Evening" Soon as the sun forsook the eastern main, The pealing thunder shook the heav'nly plain: Majestic grandeur! From the zephyr's wing Exhales the incense of the blooming spring. Soft purl the streams; the birds renew their notes, And through the air their mingled music floats. Through all the heav'ns what beauteous dies are spread! But the west glories in the deepest red: So may our breasts with ev'ry virtue glow, The living temples of our God below. Fill'd with the praise of him who gives the light And draws the sable curtains of the night, Let placid slumbers sooth each weary mind At morn to wake more heav'nly, more refin'd; So shall the labours of the day begin More pure, more guarded from the snares of sin. Night's leaden sceptre seals my drowsy eyes; Then cease, my song, till fair Aurora rise. The description of the sun and the thunder in the first two lines of the poem demonstrate use of _____ . allusion heroic couplets personification symbolism

Answer 1

I believe the answer is:
D. Personification


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Answer 2

It would actually be B. Heroic Couplet. A heroic couplet is written in iambic pentameter (pretty much meaning 10 syllables per line), the last word of each line in the couplet (2 lines) rhyme with each other, and the whole couplet completes a thought. The first 2 line of this poem meet all of these requirements.

It could be both heroic couplet or personification, but I promise you it is Heroic Couplet, because if you are looking at this question for answers, if you go back to you lesson page 2 it talks about the traits of a heroic couplet. They want you to be able to recognize them and they assume that you can already recognize personification.

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