Poetry Wednesday

The poet writes, "Birds lay eggs and nest." In this sentence the poet uses "nest" to mean?

• a home for birds.

• a part of a tree.

• living in and taking care of a nest.

• a lot of eggs.

The poet describes "shade" as...

• cool

• tree

• bright

• sun

. This passage is about...

• the things that trees give us

• taking care of trees

• the beauty of trees

• all of the above

The poet writes, "bright leaves by the ton." That means

• There are too many leaves.

• The leaves are very bright

• There are a lot of leaves.

• The tree is losing its leaves.

The poet says, "With all the mountain tops to climb

and all the woods to wander through..." What does this part of the poem really mean?

• you should climb mountains.

• you should go in the woods.

• there is so much to do but not enough time to do it all.

• you should not climb mountains.

The poet wrote: "There's only time, there's only time to know a few, to do a few,

And then sit down and make a rhyme

About the rest I want to do.

What does the poet mean?

• you should sit down and write a poem when you don't know what to do.

• the character in the poem has so much they want to do and not enough time to do it.

• everyone is very busy

• there isn't time to wander in the woods.

Why did the poet wrote this poem?

• to tell us to enjoy life

• to let us know they wish there was more time to do things

• to tell us you should write a poem.

• to remind us about the woods and the ocean.