3.6 Windy Nights

Read lines 3--4 from the poem.

The man is--

• a horseback rider

• the rain

• the movement of air

• the trees

An example of figurative language is--

• Whenever the moon and stars are set

• Late in the night when the fires are out

• And ships are tossed at sea

• Whenever the trees are crying aloud

The man in the poem moves--

• very quietly

• back and forth

• in the daytime

• with a high scream

Which word in the poem best helps the reader to visualize the man's movement through the town?

• gallop

• loud

• moon

• highway

The whole poem is a metaphor for--

• a foggy night

• a storm

• a horseback rider

• the wind

Which word describes the wind?

• gallop

• high

• tossed

• highway

Which lines from the poem rhyme?

• Lines 2 and 4

• Lines 3 and 4

• Lines 1 and 8

• Lines 6 and 7

This poem is an example of--

• a lyrical poem because it has lines that rhyme

• a narrative because it tells a story

• a free verve because none of the lines rhyme

• a lyrical because it does not tell a story