Poetry

Which option summarizes stanza 1?

• On a spring morning playing sports.

• On a spring morning, the birds sing and bells ring as people play in the village green.

• On a winter morning, birds sing and bells ring as people play in the village green.

• People ringing bells in the village green.

Which option summarizes stanza 2?

• A young boy named John laughs as he sits with his peers. The other young kids laugh at the playing adults, who make them think of when they will grow up.

• Children playing in the basketball court.

• An old man named John laughs as he sits with his peers. The other elderly people laugh at the playing children, who make them think of their own childhood playtime.

• Adults playing cards.

Which option summarizes stanza 3?

• Night falls and the children grow tired. The play ends, and the green grows empty and dark.

• Mother's playing sports with their kids.

• Birds going to their nest.

• The sun comes out and the children grow tired. The play ends, and the green grows empty and bright.

How do "Old John, with white hair" and the other "old folk" feel as they watch the children play?

• Old John feels sacred and confused when he watches the children playing.

• Old John feels sad and upset when he watches the children playing.

• Old John feels happy and joyful when he watches the children playing, as seen in details such as “laugh at (the children’s) play.

When the speaker states "like birds in their nest," what type of figurative language is he using?

• Like birds in their nest” is an example of a personification.

• “Like birds in their nest” is an example of a metaphor.

• “Like birds in their nest” is an example of a simile.

Using letter of the alphabet as you did in earlier lessons, mark the poem's rhyme scheme.

• AA BB CC DD EE (stanza 1) FF GG HH II JJ (stanza 2) KK LL MM NN OO (stanza 3).

• AA BB AA BB DD (stanza 1) EE FF EE FF GG (stanza 2) HH II JJ KK LL (stanza 3).

• AA BB CC DD EE (stanza 1) LL MM NN OO SS (stanza 2) KK LL MM NN OO(stanza 3).