Divine Word College of Legazpi

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Legazpi City

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GE ELEC 02 Great Books (7:30 - 10:30,Thu)

Block J

Quiz #1

1. Discuss at least three elements of poetry from a poem given.

"Love Sonnet" by Amy Milton

As killers tend to know the ones they kill,

it's us, not others, whome we need to fear,

A selfish love, a high psychotic thrill,

turns organs into orgaments, my dear.

But none of us are earthquakes - our faults signs,

destruction waits beneath a shallow crust,

Humanity's a dance floor spiked with mines,

you learn the steps, but you're a fool to trust.

Yet even tge most rotten, callous soul,

who'd slaughter half the world without remorse,

has needs and longings out of her control,

and joy and comfort have to have a source.

What signifies how safe we both shall be?

Not who you are, but who you are to me.

Rhyme Scheme: The poem is clearly a sonnet form. It contains fourteen intended lines and uses
the Shakespearean scheme (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG) in establishing lines.

Verse: There are various types of verse. The poem "Love Sonnet" is probably a rhyming-
metered verse that contains both rhyme and meters. The rhyme scheme is the typical one for
an Elizabethan sonnet, which is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG (as already mentioned above). In the given
poem, the first verse rhymes with the third, the second with the fourth, and so on. This opening
line is also an example of hypophora. A hypophora is a figure of speech in which the speaker
both asks a question and immediately answers it - as we can notice in the lines "What signifies
how safe we both shall be?".../Not who you are, but who you are to me".

Theme: The author is adhering to her poetic pattern weapons, a bandolier of end rhymes hung
across her chest. Despite portraying love as warfare (two places where, as the saying goes, "all's
fair") this sonnet advocates for the brilliant rule. Not on the grounds that it offers an assurance
- none of those - but since are being caring is probably going to charm you to those you're
nearest to, exactly the same individuals who can hurt you most profoundly.

2. Discuss at least three elements of prose from a short story provided.

"The Necklace" (A Short Story)

Plot/Summary: The story is set in Paris during the 1880s. The protagonist Mathilde Loisel, a
youthful working class lady, and her wife, an unobtrusive representative, are welcome to an
esteemed ball. Mathilde, being extremely vain, whines to her wife that she can't do without
another dress and some jewelry.

Major Conflict : Madame Loisel wants to wear an expensive necklace to a party so she borrows
an opulent necklace from her closest friend but then unexpectedly losses it at the party. The
couple should come up with thirty-four thousand francs to supplant it, bringing about decade of
hard work to pay off the new necklace. At the point when the ladies run into one another,
Madame Forestier doesn't perceive the a lot more established looking Mathilde after her long
stretches of work. Forestier uncovers in a dramatic twist-ending, that the old jewelry was a
phony (called a "paste"), worth something like 500 francs.

Theme: "The Necklace" is a short story about Mathilde's social desire, which appears as a
longing to get lavish items that she can't bear. Through her ruin, Maupassant cautions against
the risks of eagerness and scrutinizes the people who credit an excessive amount of significant
worth to riches and material belongings. Mathilde contributes objects like the jewel accessory
she gets from Mme. Forestier with tremendous importance, and her bliss is vigorously reliant
upon her possession…

Moral Lesson: "External appeal" is just superficial." This supposed articulation is the story's
principal illustration, implying that a pleasing and satisfying appearance is no guide to
character.