Dying

Question 1

context :

Answer 1

Women often disguised their gender to be taken seriously. 19th century. its profound. allows reader to ask questions.

Question 2

All rhymes before final stanza are…

Answer 2

Half- Rhymes

Question 3

the poem shows death as the….

Answer 3

only moment of acute stillness (uses fly to exaggerate this) focus of emotion was on stillness rarely achieved in life.

Question 4

the eyes around had run them dry.

Answer 4

imagery, people around bed.

Question 5

the king

Answer 5

is jesus and she casts her soul into the arms of god

Question 6

willed

Answer 6

small things with huge sentimental value- the word will links to death. gives away everything but her soul.

Question 7

the fly

Answer 7

gives a sense of interruption. the thing with the smallest significance

Question 8

with blue, uncertain stumbling buzz

Answer 8

metaphor shows her getting weaker

Question 9

windows

Answer 9

metaphor for her eyes ‘eyes are the windows of the soul’

Question 10

contrast in structure

Answer 10

juxtaposition between structure and content.

Question 11

last onset

Answer 11

oxymoron

Question 12

the mood is?

Answer 12

declarative

Question 13

buzz

Answer 13

onomatopoeia