WorksheetsThe three fates
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which elements in mythology revolving around the three fates are invoked in the poem?
the three fates are a reference to three goddesses in Greek mythology that control the faith of human beings
fate is controlled only by the free will given to people
reality is an illusion
What is the "mistake" that "he" makes in ll. 3-4 of the first stanza,
The mistake, as suggested by ll. 3-4, was "to cry out for / Life everlasting".
The man jumped into the water willingly
The man was fishing and got pushed to the water
How is enjambment used in "The Three
Fates"?
the use of enjambment allows, in a sense, a structural recreation of this reversal of time.
the enjambment forces a continuation of the narrative, when reading because it does not make the reader pause
it used to spark interest in the reader
Why does the man put on his clothes in reverse order and write poems from the end backwards?
A reader should have been prepared for this invocation, having read the title of the poem The Three Fates.
This in turn reinforces
the inevitability of fate and the unidirectionality of time itself.
The poem is defined by its reversal of time, and it is quite fitting that in a narrative defined by its reversal of time, that the beginning of the story is only revealed at
the end.
Which one was a hyperbole in paragraph 3
Writing poems from the end backwards,
"He suffered the enormous
agonies of passion"
Brushing away tears that had not yet fallen.
Where is the use of paradox in paragraph 3?
He suffered the enormous agonies of passion
Writing poems from the end backwards,
Brushing away tears that had not yet fallen.
Which line in paragraph 10 uses personification?
Loving her wildly as the day regressed towards morning
Bare-foot, straw-hatted.
He watched her swinging in the garden, growing younger,
In which line is Tautology used?
And when she was gone and the house and the swing and daylight
There was an instant's pause before it began all over,
The reel unrolling towards the river.
On which line is Onomatopoeia used in?
The reel unrolling towards the river.
There was an instant's pause before it began all over,
And when she was gone and the house and the swing and daylight
On which line is Paralleism used?
“And when she was
gone and the house and
the swing and daylight”
There was an instant's pause before it began all over,
The reel unrolling towards the river.
What the man do wrong in the poem
brashly invoked the sisters of fate
prayed to God for save him from drowning
Called out a fishing man for help
What did the sisters of fate to punish the man's mistake?
When he reaches the
end, or beginning, of his life, everything returns to the moment before he fell into the river, and
it all begins again.
The gift of eternal life thus becomes a curse, because the man is forced to
incessantly relive such a painful time of loss.
A reader should have been prepared for this invocation, having read the title of the poem,
‘The Three Fates.
What was the man doing before fall to the river and begin drowning
The man was on a swing with his beloved
The man was driving his car
The man was fishing
What did it mean for the man in "He watched her swinging in the garden, growing younger,"
it meant that he saw his beloved grow old
Time was being reversed and painfully watched his beloved turn young
His children grew younger as time was being reversed
What was the mistake that man shouldn't have done
He should not have tired to interfere with the natural progression of life and death
He should not have brashly invoked the three sisters of fate for aid
He should not have not fell into the river and drown in the first place
