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She played it quick, she played it light and loose;
My eyes, they dazzled at her flowing knees;
Her several parts could keep a pure repose,
Or one hip quiver with a mobile nose
(She moved in circles, and those circles moved).

Source: Roethke, Theodore. “I Knew a Woman.” The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke. New York: Random House Inc., 1961. Poetry Foundation. Web. 9 June 2011.



Which of the following images from the excerpt indicates an exhilarated mood?

I. “She played it quick, she played it light and loose;”

II. “My eyes, they dazzled at her flowing knees;”

III. “(She moved in circles, and those circles moved).”

I only
II only
I and III
I, II, and III
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Answer:

Among the options given on the question the correct answer is option B.

II only.

Explanation: The excerpt is from a poem by Theodore Roethke in 1962. The name of the poem was "I knew a woman".

On the given excerpt, the writer of poem described about the physical condition and the movement of a woman. In the first two lines ,"She played it quick, she played it light and loose;

My eyes, they dazzled at her flowing knees" the writer described about the beauty of her movement.

On the second line, it is said "My eyes, they dazzled at her flowing knees". Here the writer was joyful as described his eyes were dazzled at her flowing knees. Because of the  exhilarated mood he wrote that his eyes were dazzled.