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- Q1Stanzas 2 through 7 of the poem begin in the middle of a sentence. How does this structure relate to the content of the poem?It emphasizes the idea that no task is ever complete.It shows that the speaker's world is disorderly and unpredictable.It suggests that the speaker is frequently interrupted.It highlights the continuous nature of the action taking place.120s110.32.b.3
- Q2In the poem, the words "It was an ordinary morning" function as a way of -contrasting something unexpected that happens in the poemsuggesting that the speaker leads an uneventful lifeindicating that the poem is about everyday eventsintroducing the various routines that occur on normal days60s110.32.b.3
- Q3Which of these lines contains poetic language that conveys a sense of gentleness?At home once more, They begin munching the young tufts of spring in the darkness.We step over the barbed wire into the pasture Where they have been grazing all day, alone.And the eyes of those two Indian ponies Darken with kindness.She is black and white, Her mane falls wild on her forehead,60s110.32.b.3
- Q4Which of these best describes the structure of the poem?Unrhymed lines all in the same meterTriplets of three successive rhyming linesFree verse with no rhyme or meterA regular pattern of rhyming couplets60s110.32.b.3
- Q5Read line 12 from the poem. What tones are conveyed by this line?Mournful and intimateResigned and baffledScornful and cynicalBitter and disgusted60s110.32.b.3
- Q6Lines 13 and 14 suggest that the ponies -have traveled farhave not had a chance to eat for a whileare excited to see their visitorsare in a comfortable and familiar place60s110.32.b.3
- Q7Which quotation can best be described as conveying the idea of freedom?elephant herds live/long elephant lives.thirty thousand sword-/fish will never near a ship,Through vast canyons, horses runthe few birds at my feeder watch the window60s110.32.b.3
- Q8Read this sentence from lines 7 through 9. The reader can conclude that the speaker is —intimidated by natureawestruck by natureconfused by naturefearful of nature60s110.32.b.3
- Q9In the last three lines, the tone of the poem shifts from —hopeful to apprehensivehopeful to apprehensivebleak to playfulstrident to optimistic60s110.32.b.3
