The Cold Heaven

The key points, themes and comparisons from "The Cold Heaven" by Yeats

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1. What are the main themes in this poem?

  • The Beauty of Ireland, time and death
  • Death, love and memory
  • Death, love and religion
  • Love, time and memory
  • Memory, time and religion
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2. This poem is made up of two...

  • Conjoined Sonnets
  • Lines
  • Alexandrines
  • Refrains
  • Stanzas

3. Each line comprises of how many syllables?

  • 11
  • 9
  • 13
  • 12
  • 10

4. "burned and was but the more ice..." is an example of an oxymoron. In the refrain of what poem can you find an oxymoron to compare this to?

  • September 1913
  • Cat and the Moon
  • Wild Swans at Coole
  • Easter 1916
  • Broken Dreams

5. In much of Yeats' poetry, what does the word "cold" symoblise?

  • Peace
  • Regret
  • Clarity
  • Anger
  • Despair

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