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Vocabulary: Denotations and Connotations

Question 8 • ARC English 10 Semester 2 CR/Summer

Read the excerpt below from the poem “Ulysses” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and complete the instruction that follows. Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;Death closes all; but something ere the end,Some work of noble note, may yet be done,Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: [5]The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deepMoans round with many voices. Come, my friends,‘Tis not too late to seek a newer world.Push off, and sitting well in order smiteThe sounding furrows; for my purpose holds [10]To sail beyond the sunset, and the bathsOf all the western stars, until I die.It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. [15]Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’We are not now that strength which in old daysMoved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;One equal temper of heroic hearts,Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will [20]To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Source: Tennyson, Alfred. “Ulysses.” The Early Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. London: Edward Moxon, 1842. Project Gutenberg. 2005. Web. 7 June 2011. Examine lines 16 through 18 and select the answer that describes the poetic technique used there.

Answer
A
personification
B
allusion
C
free verse
D
enjambment

Explanation

Enjambment occurs when a sentence or phrase continues from one line of poetry into the next without a full stop. In lines 16–18, “tho’” at the end of line 16 leads into “We are not now…” on line 17, and the thought continues into “that which we are, we are” on line 18. This continuing syntax across line breaks is enjambment.

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