Question

The poet chooses to separate off sections of the poem with Roman numerals to enhance the theme by

giving the reader a good place to stop reading.

letting the reader know the subject is changing.

separating each of the stories about the blackbirds.

separating each of the 13 ways of looking at a blackbird.

Answer 1

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Matej uses quotation marks to show the direct quote he took from his source. If there weren't quotation marks around that sentence, the reader would know that

Matej's information came from a different source cited later.

Matej paraphrased the information rather than quoting it directly.

Matej was lying about the information he found from the source.

Matej's source did not give that particular information directly.

Question 30 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Excerpt from "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by Wallace Stevens

Among twenty snowy mountains.
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird.

II

I was of three minds,
Like a tree
In which there are three blackbirds.

III

The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.
It was a small part of the pantomime.

IV

A man and a woman
Are one.
A man and a woman and a blackbird
Are one.

Answer 2

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