Read the poem.

fern hill
by dylan thomas
(see attached images for the poem.)

reread these lines from the poem.

and nothing i cared, at my sky blue trades, that time allows
in all his tuneful turning so few and such morning songs
before the children green and golden
follow him out of grace.

how do these lines reflect the theme that time is everyone’s ultimate master?

a: they describe time as a musical performer, entertaining children before adulthood.

b: they portray time as ruthless, taking children into adulthood when they least expect it.

c: they tell how the speaker feels that he is at time’s mercy and is being led into the dark.

d: they show that the speaker didn’t appreciate his childhood until time took it away.

In what way does the first line of "london, 1802" vary from the traditional iambic pattern? the word milton is an iamb the word milton is a dactyl the word milton is a trochee?

Select all the correct answers. in which two sentences does the author use an ironic tone toward the subject? a.she had no dowry, no expectations, no way of being known, understood, loved, married by any rich and distinguished man; so she let herself be married to a little clerk of the ministry of public instruction. b.natural ingenuity, instinct for what is elegant, a supple mind are their sole hierarchy, and often make of women of the people the equals of the very greatest ladies. c.the girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks. d.she dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was unhappy as if she had really fallen from a higher station.

What happens to miss havisham during pips last visit with her? a. she loses her fortune in a bad business dealb. she passes away after seeking forgiveness c. she is burned when her dress catches on fired. she hangs herself from a beam in her house