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"Defence of Fort M'Henry" by Francis Scott Key
O! say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there—
O! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?

Which detail from the text is an example of the main symbol employed by Key in this poem?

A.) "the dawn's early light"
B.) "the twilight's last gleaming"
C.) "broad stripes and bright stars"
D.) "rockets' red glare"
E.) "land of the free" (MY ANSWER)

Which best describes the poet's perspective in this section of the poem?
A.) Uncertainty about the outcome of the attack on Fort M'Henry
B.) Concern that the new nation will not endure the test of time
C.) Dismay that the fighting went through the night and into the next day
D.) Pride that the United States withstood the attack by the British (MY ANSWER)
E.) Anger that the British were unable to take Fort M'Henry

The detail from the text that is an example of the main symbol employed by Key in this poem is E: "land of the free".
The line that best describes the poet's perspective in this section of the poem is D: Pride that the United States withstood the attack by the British.

Explanation:

In this first answer I chose E because the "land of the free" is in this excerpt represented by the flag that remains waving. For the speaker, it is very important to see that flag because it means that they still own that land, the land they fought for, that took so much effort for them to defend from the British, the land where the free and the brave live now.

In this second answer I chose D because along the excerpt we can notice the speaker's pride when describing his land, their land, the one that after so much effort they won for the people. It is very clear his feeling when we read: "O! say can you see, by the dawn's early light, / What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,".