Loveliest of Trees

What does the speaker call the “loveliest of trees”?

• the white tree

• the maple tree

• the cherry tree

• the oak tree

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does the poet describe in the first verse of the poem?

• the wood’s decorations for Easter

• a tree in the woods hung with bloom

• a bright red tree in the woods

• the path he or she takes through the woods

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Read these lines from the poem:

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now

Is hung with bloom along the bough,

And stands about the woodland ride

Wearing white for Eastertide.

Based on this evidence, which season does this verse reflect?

• summer

• winter

• fall

• spring

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The speaker of the poem is twenty years old and expects to live till he or she is seventy.

What lines from the poem best support this conclusion?

• And stands about the woodland ride / Wearing white for Eastertide.

• And since to look at things in bloom / Fifty springs are little room,

• Now, of my threescore years and ten, / Twenty will not come again,

• Fifty springs are little room, / About the woodlands I will go

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a main theme of this poem?

• Nature is most lovely in the springtime, when everything is in bloom

• Life is relatively short, so you should enjoy the world’s beauty while you are able.

• It is important to view cherry trees as often as possible because of their short lifespans.

• There is plenty of time in life to do both the things you must do and the things you want to do.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2