Use the lines below to answer this question.
Move him into the sun
Gently its touch awoke him once,
At home, whispering of fields unsown
Always it woke him even in France
Until this morning and this snow
If anything might rouse him now
This kind old sun will know
Think how it wakes the seeds
Woke once the clays of a cold star
Are limbs so dear achieved are sides
Full-nerved still warm too hard to stir?
Was it for this the clay grew tall?
O what made fatuous sunbeams toil
To break Earth’s sleep at all?
The poem can be described as
- an epic
- a sonnet
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an elegy
- a lyric
The correct answer is: C
Explanation
The poem can be described as an elegy because it mourns the loss or death of someone or something. The speaker reflects on the impact of the sun on the person described in the poem and recounts how it used to awaken him and bring life to various elements, such as seeds and clays. However, the current state of the person is different, and the mention of "this morning and this snow" suggests a significant change or a sense of coldness, implying death. The poem expresses a lamentation for the loss of vitality or the inability of the sun to revive what was once vibrant. This mournful tone and reflection on the passage of time align with the characteristics of an elegy.
It cannot be a sonnet. Though it may contain 14 lines, it does not contain iambic pentametre lines or a definite rhyme scheme.
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