Question

identifying and analyzing parallelism

nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
nor public man, nor cheering crowds,
a lonely impulse of delight
drove to this tumult in the clouds
-\an irish airman foresees his death,\
w. b. yeats

what grammatical structure is repeated in the passage?
the use of
or\ plus a noun

what does the parallelism in the passage emphasize?
that the pilot does not think war is justified
that no one else influenced the pilot to go to war
that the pilots country expects to win the war

Explanation:

Identify the repeated grammatical structure

Using the Parallelism Analysis knowledge point, we examine the first two lines of the poem:
"Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public man, nor cheering crowds,"
The structure repeated is "nor" followed by a noun ("nor law", "nor duty", "nor public man", "nor cheering crowds"). Thus, the first dropdown is correctly filled as "the use of 'nor' plus a noun".

Analyze the effect of the parallelism

Using the Parallelism Analysis knowledge point, we evaluate what this repetition emphasizes. By listing external factors that did not compel him to fight (law, duty, public figures, crowds), the speaker highlights that none of these external societal pressures or obligations influenced his decision. Instead, it was "A lonely impulse of delight" that drove him. Therefore, the parallelism emphasizes that no one else influenced the pilot to go to war.

Answer:

Question 1

What grammatical structure is repeated in the passage?
<blank>the use of "nor" plus a noun</blank>

Question 2

What does the parallelism in the passage emphasize?
<blank>that no one else influenced the pilot to go to war</blank>