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Vsuresh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
poem comprehension
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Please tell me if the answers are correct.
A Narrow Fellow in the Grass
A narrow Fellow in the grass
Occasionally rides—
You may have met him—did you not
His notice sudden is—
The Grass divides as with a Comb—
A spotted shaft is seen—
And then it closes at your feet
And opens further on—
He likes a Boggy Acre—
A Floor too cool for Corn—
Yet when a Boy, and Barefoot—
I more than once at Noon
Have passed, I thought, a Whip-lash
Unbraiding in the Sun—
When, stooping to secure it,
It wrinkled, and was gone—
Several of Nature's People
I know, and they know me—
I feel for them a transport
Of cordiality—
But never met this Fellow,
Attended, or alone—
Without a tighter breathing
And zero at the bone—
1. Who or what is the Fellow in this poem?
a. a whip-lash
b. a snake
c. a gust of wind
d. a boy
2. The phrase Without a tighter breathing / And zero at the bone most nearly indicates
a. fright.
b. cold.
c. grief.
d.awe.
3. The phrase Nature's People means
4. The speaker of this poem is most likely
Please tell me if the answers are correct.
A Narrow Fellow in the Grass
A narrow Fellow in the grass
Occasionally rides—
You may have met him—did you not
His notice sudden is—
The Grass divides as with a Comb—
A spotted shaft is seen—
And then it closes at your feet
And opens further on—
He likes a Boggy Acre—
A Floor too cool for Corn—
Yet when a Boy, and Barefoot—
I more than once at Noon
Have passed, I thought, a Whip-lash
Unbraiding in the Sun—
When, stooping to secure it,
It wrinkled, and was gone—
Several of Nature's People
I know, and they know me—
I feel for them a transport
Of cordiality—
But never met this Fellow,
Attended, or alone—
Without a tighter breathing
And zero at the bone—
1. Who or what is the Fellow in this poem?
a. a whip-lash
b. a snake
c. a gust of wind
d. a boy
2. The phrase Without a tighter breathing / And zero at the bone most nearly indicates
a. fright.
b. cold.
c. grief.
d.awe.
3. The phrase Nature's People means
- a. nature-lovers.
- b. children.
- c. animals.
- d. neighbors.
4. The speaker of this poem is most likely
- e. an adult woman.
- f. an adult man.
- g. Emily Dickinson, the poet.
- h. a young boy.
Top answer
#4 is wrong; the others are correct.
- #4 is wrong; the others are correct.
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I'm a native speaker and, without researching this, I get the same answers as you. Question 4. seems to be the problem one. I say it has to be f., even if the poet is Dickinson. In line 11, the word "boy" is used, but the language is that of an adult, so the speaker has to be a man. This precludes e. and h. Even if the poet is Dickinson, this is a man speaking - furthermore, Dickinson didn't
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Yet when a Boy, and Barefoot—
Yes, thanks, Anon—I overlooked that line. #4 is an adult man, then, even though it is Dickinson's idea.
Yes, thanks, Anon—I overlooked that line. #4 is an adult man, then, even though it is Dickinson's idea.
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