poem: old age sticks

How does the poet show youth takes awhile to grow old?

• By having youth yank down signs

• By putting gr and owing on two separate lines

• By youth laughing

• By splitting up the words forbidden and musn't so they're on separate lines

Why is old age sticking up "Keep Off" signs?

• to keep youth off old age's lawn

• to keep youth from trespassing and taking old age's stuff

• so that youth won't do things youth isn't old enough to do

When youth laughs in the word trespassing it's an example of what?

• irony

• simile

• mood

The phrase old age sticks is wordplay to show that

• youth will grow old

• the sticks are also really old

• there are lots of sticks from all the signs old age put up

What line from the poem shows that youth is not sorry for trespassing?

• youth scolds

• youth laughs

• youth goes

Putting the words forbidden and musn't on separate lines show that

• old age is stuttering from feeling strong emotions

• it is strongly forbidden and there is emphasis on musn't

• youth is breaking up old age's words

Keep Off is capitalized to show

• youth needs to pay attention to it

• it is the name of another character

• that it is written on a sign

What is NOT a theme in the poem?

• old age sticks to youth

• old age tells youth not to do things

• youth keeps on growing old

• old age and youth can work together

The words No Trespassing, Forbidden, Musn't and Don't are capitalized because

• old age is saying them

• they're written on a sign

• youth is saying them

What is something old age would probably tell youth not to do?

• mow a lawn

• go shopping

• watch a rated r movie