Comparing
Poetry and Art
questions fully
solved &
updated 2025-
2026
Read the poem "Monet's 'Waterlilies'" by Robert
Hayden.
Today as the news from Selma and Saigon
poisons the air like fallout,
I come again to see
the serene, great picture that I love.
Here space and time exist in light
, the eye like the eye of faith believes.
The seen, the known
dissolve in iridescence, become
illusive flesh of light
that was not, was, forever is.
O light beheld as through refracting tears.
Here is the aura of that world
each of us has lost.
Here is the shadow of its joy.
What evidence supports the conclusion that the
poem is written in free verse? Select two options. -
answer There is no rhyme scheme.
The lines are unequal in length.
Which phrases from the poem "Sonnet in Primary
Colors" by Rita Dove appeal to the sense of sight?
Select two options. - answer "erect / among
parrots"
"wildflowers entwining the plaster corset"
Read Rita Dove's poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors,"
then study Frida Kahlo's painting Self-Portrait with
Monkey and Parrot.
Poetry and Art
questions fully
solved &
updated 2025-
2026
Read the poem "Monet's 'Waterlilies'" by Robert
Hayden.
Today as the news from Selma and Saigon
poisons the air like fallout,
I come again to see
the serene, great picture that I love.
Here space and time exist in light
, the eye like the eye of faith believes.
The seen, the known
dissolve in iridescence, become
illusive flesh of light
that was not, was, forever is.
O light beheld as through refracting tears.
Here is the aura of that world
each of us has lost.
Here is the shadow of its joy.
What evidence supports the conclusion that the
poem is written in free verse? Select two options. -
answer There is no rhyme scheme.
The lines are unequal in length.
Which phrases from the poem "Sonnet in Primary
Colors" by Rita Dove appeal to the sense of sight?
Select two options. - answer "erect / among
parrots"
"wildflowers entwining the plaster corset"
Read Rita Dove's poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors,"
then study Frida Kahlo's painting Self-Portrait with
Monkey and Parrot.
