WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST!! The Eagle
By Alfred, Lord Tennyson

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

Directions: Choose the best answer.
1. Write a short summary of this poem. What is the poem about?

2. What simile appears in this poem?

3. What does the poet mean by "the azure world"?

4. Would you classify this poem as a ballad, an elegy, or a lyric poem? Give a reason for your choice.

5. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

What is the meaning of the word checking as it is used in this sentence from the second paragraph of the passage?

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

Which point(s) of view do whitman's and coleridge's speaker use ?