The Return by Konstantin Balmont

How do the words from line 10 reflect the theme?

"Such senses I’ll always regard from afar"

• It shows the speaker is frustrated that he can't be closer to home.

• It depicts the nostalgic attitude people often have for their places of birth.

• It illustrates the joy of when the speaker returns home.

• It explains why the speaker is homesick.

What effect is achieved by the use of imagery throughout the poem?

• It intensifies the feeling of loneliness.

• It reinforces the concept that people never want to grow old.

• It emphasizes feelings of nostalgia and childhood memories.

• It enhances the poem by describing in detail the speaker's birthplace.

What is expressed through the following line, "I want to retrieve my lost softness and meekness?"

• The speaker is not as naïve and timid as he was as a child.

• The speaker is soft and meek.

• The speaker is cruel and mean.

• The speaker is still a child.

Which creates an effect of the speaker progressing forward from the first to the last stanzas?

• the poem’s rhythm and rhyme scheme

• the separation of the poem into three stanzas

• the repetition of vital words, such as "child"

• the change from reminiscing about childhood to acceptance

Based on its use in line 2, what is meant by the phrase, “quivering”?

"And grove filled with limes and that quivering swing"

• a trembling from fear

• moving in a back and forth movement

• groves

• violent storm

Which phrase reflects a nostalgic tone?

• "And whispering stories, and once more that star."

• "The evening I’ll love and a child’s eye’s addresses"

• "Such senses I’ll always regard from afar"

• "My thoughts turn again to the village that bore me"

What effect does line 10 have on the poem-

"Such senses I’ll always regard from afar —"

• It establishes the poem's setting.

• It enhances the speaker's feeling of hopelessness.

• It contributes to a shift in the speaker's tone.

• It reinforces the concept that home is where the heart is.