Question

Read the excerpt from "Rhapsody on a Windy Night."

Twelve o'clock.
Along the reaches of the street
Held in a lunar synthesis,
Whispering lunar incantations
Dissolve the floors of memory
And all its clear relations,
Its divisions and precisions,
Every street-lamp that I pass
Beats like a fatalistic drum,
And through the spaces of the dark
Midnight shakes the memory
As a madman shakes a dead geranium.
What does this excerpt from the poem describe?
•a thought provoking walk at night
•a party held at midnight
•a ring of street lights surrounding a park
•a lunar eclipse

Answer 1

The excerpt from "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" describes a person walking along a street at midnight. The atmosphere is described as being held in a "lunar synthesis" and there is a sense of mystery and unsettling strangeness in the air, as the speaker mentions "lunar incantations" and how the memories and clear relations of the past seem to dissolve. The speaker also notes that the street lamps seem to beat like a "fatalistic drum," adding to the sense of unease. The midnight hour is described as shaking the speaker's memory, like a madman shaking a dead geranium. Overall, the excerpt conveys a sense of disorientation and unsettling mystery, rather than a party atmosphere.

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