Loveliest of Trees
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- Q1What does the speaker call the “loveliest of trees”?the maple treethe white treethe cherry treethe oak tree120s
- Q2What does the poet describe in the first verse of the poem?the wood’s decorations for Eastera tree in the woods hung with blooma bright red tree in the woodsthe path he or she takes through the woods120s
- Q3Read these lines from the poem: Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. Based on this evidence, which season does this verse reflect?springwintersummerfall120s
- Q4The speaker of the poem is twenty years old and expects to live till he or she is seventy. What lines from the poem best support this conclusion?Fifty springs are little room, / About the woodlands I will goNow, of my threescore years and ten, / Twenty will not come again,And since to look at things in bloom / Fifty springs are little room,And stands about the woodland ride / Wearing white for Eastertide.120s
- Q5What is a main theme of this poem?Nature is most lovely in the springtime, when everything is in bloom.There is plenty of time in life to do both the things you must do and the things you want to do.It is important to view cherry trees as often as possible because of their short lifespans.Life is relatively short, so you should enjoy the world’s beauty while you are able.120s
- Q6Read the final verse from the poem: And since to look at things in bloom Fifty springs are little room, About the woodlands I will go To see the cherry hung with snow. What does the poet mean by the phrase “little room” in this verse?a short seasona small spacetoo much timenot much time120s
- Q7Read these lines from the poem: Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again, And take from seventy springs a score, It only leaves me fifty more. What does the phrase “fifty more” in the last line of this verse refer to?scoresspringswinterstrees120s