Question

1. which word is an example of personification in the poem?

a. noiseless (line 1)
b. patient (line 1)
c. launchd (line 4)
d. unreeling (line 5)

1. which are lines that mark the beginning and the end of the same stanza?

a. lines 1 and 2
b. lines 1 and 6
c. lines 6 and 10
d. lines 9 and 10

Explanation:

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Personification gives human traits to non - human things. "Patient" (option b) is a human trait. A non - human (like a spider, likely in the poem) being described as "patient" is personification. "Noiseless" describes a quality, "launch'd" and "unreeling" are actions without human - like attribution.

A stanza is a group of lines. Lines 9 and 10 (option d) are likely the last two lines of a stanza, marking its end (and 9 as part of the start - end of the same stanza). Lines 1 and 2 are too close, 1 and 6 are too far (different stanzas likely), 6 and 10 are also likely different stanzas.

Answer:

b. patient (line 1)

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