Song of Wandering Aengus

Where does the narrator go in the beginning of the poem?

• the sun

• a hazel wood

• the moon

• the bottom of a stream

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

What did the trout that the narrator caught turn into?

• a glimmering girl

• two trouts

• apple blossoms

• moth-like stars

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

What has the narrator been searching for this whole time?

• Nutella

• his stolen trout

• the glimmering girl

• silver and gold apples

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

What kind of figurative language is in this quote?

"...moth-like stars were flickering out..."

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does the speaker use as bait when fishing?

• worm

• moth

• berry

• thread

What kind of writing is "The Song of Wandering Aengus"?

• poem

• short story

• novel

• informational text

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

What is the central idea of the poem?

• The speaker wants to find berries to use for bait.

• A girl calls the speaker's name and runs from him.

• The speaker wants to stay young, but gets old.

• A fish becomes a girl and the speaker searches for her endlessly.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

Did you understand the poem?

• Yes

• No

• Some of it

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4