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Look at the last stanza of the poem. Which specific words does the poet use to create a triumphant tone?

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The specific words in the last stanza of the poem "Icarus's Flight" by Stephen Dobyns that create a triumphant tone are:"Peace, surrender, accept" (Option D)

These words convey a sense of resolution and acceptance, suggesting that Icarus, despite his descent and wings disintegrating, finds peace and fulfillment in the outcome of his flight.

The poet uses positive and calm words to depict Icarus's acceptance of his fate, contributing to a triumphant tone.

It is to be noted that the central idea of "Icarus's Flight" is that the pursuit of wisdom and knowledge may involve risks and setbacks, but acceptance and peace can be found in the journey.

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Icarus´s flight by Stephen Dobyns

What else could the boy have done? Wasn’t

flight both an escape and a great uplifting?

And so he flew. But how could he appreciate

his freedom without knowing the exact point

where freedom stopped? So he flew upward

and the sun dissolved the wax and he fell.

But at last in his anticipated plummeting

he grasped the confines of what had been

his liberty. You say he flew too far?

He flew just far enough. He flew precisely

to the point of wisdom. Would it

have been better to flutter ignorantly

from petal to petal within some garden

forever? As a result, flight for. him was not

upward escape, but descent, with his wings

disintegrating around him. Should it matter

that neither shepherd nor farmer with his plow

watched him fall? He now had his answer,

laws to uphold him in his downward plunge.

Cushion enough for what he wanted


Look at the last stanza of the poem "Icarus flight." Which specific words does the poet use to create a triumphant tone?

a) Soar, victory, conquer

b) Despair, fall, defeat

c) Fear, tragedy, struggle

d) Peace, surrender, accept