1. First of all, do you remember this author? (Think back to one of the very first things we read in AP Lit this year)
Yes, I remember having read his "The Use of Force" at the very beginning of the year. The short story narrates the battle between a doctor and his patient.
2. How well does Williams capture Breughel's painting?
Through its rich visual and auditory imageries, the poem captures the abundant vitality in both the dancers' glowing enthusiasm and the musicians' ecstasy of joy played through their joyful melodies. Williams description of the one-two-steps and the symphony harmonized by the different instruments sets the static painting and its festival into motion.
3. Identify one end-stopped line.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The above quote serves as the subject complement that describes the location where "the dancers go around." Thus the end-stopped line is setting up the background in which the theme would be presented.In Brueghel's great picture, The Kermess,
4. Identify one enjambed line and discuss why Williams chose to force the reader on to the next line.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The enjambment is incorporated in this quote in order to hurry the readers to the next line and therefore achieves to accelerate the pace of the poem and to project the image of successively brisk movements.the dancers go round, they go round and
around...
5. In what way does the poem's form, meter, and/or sounds reinforce its meaning?
Through the enjambments which are merged into the dance and the music, William develops a tone of delight (characterized by the swift pace)to emphasize the cheers during a celebration.
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