PREVIEW
QUESTION2: SOUND
[10]
1. What are we referring to when
we refer to “the poetic use of
language”? (1)
• When we refer to "the poetic
use of language," we are
referring to the deliberate and
creative use of language in a
poem to convey meaning,
evoke emotions, and create
imagery.
2. Why do we study sound in a
poem? Explain briefly. (1)
• We study sound in a poem
because it is an essential
element of poetry that
contributes to its aesthetic
and emotional impact. The
sound of a poem, including
THL1502 its rhythm, rhyme, and
musicality, can enhance the
meaning and help create a
memorable and engaging
ASSIGNMENT 2 SEM 2 2024 experience for the reader.
NATALIE FOXX
, PART ONE: POETRY (SEMESTER 1)
ANSWER ALL THREE PARTS. NOTE THE CHOICES BETWEEN QUESTIONS 3 & 4.
Read the following poem and answer the questions below:
A Dream Within A Dream
By Edgar Allan Poe
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a
dream: Yet if hope has flown
away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision or in none,
Is it therefore the less
gone? All that we see or
seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand
How few! yet how they
creep Through my fingers
to the deep While I weep
while I weep! O God! can I
not grasp Them with a
QUESTION2: SOUND
[10]
1. What are we referring to when
we refer to “the poetic use of
language”? (1)
• When we refer to "the poetic
use of language," we are
referring to the deliberate and
creative use of language in a
poem to convey meaning,
evoke emotions, and create
imagery.
2. Why do we study sound in a
poem? Explain briefly. (1)
• We study sound in a poem
because it is an essential
element of poetry that
contributes to its aesthetic
and emotional impact. The
sound of a poem, including
THL1502 its rhythm, rhyme, and
musicality, can enhance the
meaning and help create a
memorable and engaging
ASSIGNMENT 2 SEM 2 2024 experience for the reader.
NATALIE FOXX
, PART ONE: POETRY (SEMESTER 1)
ANSWER ALL THREE PARTS. NOTE THE CHOICES BETWEEN QUESTIONS 3 & 4.
Read the following poem and answer the questions below:
A Dream Within A Dream
By Edgar Allan Poe
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a
dream: Yet if hope has flown
away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision or in none,
Is it therefore the less
gone? All that we see or
seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand
How few! yet how they
creep Through my fingers
to the deep While I weep
while I weep! O God! can I
not grasp Them with a
