Thanatopsis
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Thanatopis Poem
A.
What does the speaker advise us to do when we have thoughts that make us "shudder, and grow sick at heart"?
- Try to think about something else
- Get help from a friend
- Go to counseling
- Go outside and listen to Nature's teachings
B.
What does the title mean?
- birth and death
- how to die
- being born
- a view of death
C.
Which of the following quotations is the best example of inversion?
- "The oak / Shall send his roots abroad . . .â
- "the dead reign there alone . . .â
- "All that breathe / Will share thy destiny . . .â
- âand thee / The all-beholding sun shall see no more . . .â
D.
Explain the simile in lines 78-79. How should we not approach dying?
- like someone who must be dragged toward death
- like someone who just lies down and naps
- like someone who is content to go to Heaven
- like a rabid animal
E.
The structure of this poem is
- limerick
- trochaic hexameter
- couplets
- blank verse