Hello,
I need some help with a few questions about this poem:
She was a Phantom of delight
When first she gleamed upon my sight;
A lovely Apparition, sent
To be a moment's ornament;
Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; [5]
Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair;
But all things else about her drawn
From May-time and the cheerful Dawn;
A dancing Shape, an Image ,
To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. [10]
1. Lines 5 and 6 use a figure you have not studied called chiasmus. Judging from what you see in these lines and what you have learned in this unit, chiasmus must be associated with
A. Diction
B. Imagery
C. Tone
D. Mood
E. Syntax
**MY ANSWER=E
2. In addition to the chiasmus previously mentioned, lines 5-6 rely upon what figure?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Analogy
E. Metonymy
**MY ANSWER=B
Am I correct? Thank you!!
No, please re-think both.
http://www.google.com/search?q=chiasmus&oq=chiasmus&aqs=chrome..69i57.1624j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=119&ie=UTF-8
Would #2 be D then?
It looks as if you need to look up the definitions of those literary terms before you guess again.
For Question 1, you correctly identified the figure of speech used in lines 5 and 6 as chiasmus. Chiasmus is a rhetorical device in which the order of words or phrases is reversed in subsequent clauses or sentences. In this case, the words "Twilight fair" are reversed to "fair Twilight."
Chiasmus is typically associated with syntax, which refers to the arrangement of words and phrases in a sentence. Therefore, your answer of E. Syntax is correct.
For Question 2, you identified that lines 5-6 also rely upon a figure of speech. However, the correct figure of speech in this case is a simile, not a metaphor. A simile is a comparison between two things using "like" or "as", which is evident in the line "Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair."
So, the correct answer for Question 2 is A. Simile.
Great job on your answers!