Poetry

Poplars:

How does the speaker’s use of personification in stanza 3 impact the tone and mood of the

poem?

• it describes how poplars move in the wind

• it emphasizes the solitary state of the poplar trees

• it lets the reader know that poplars like to sing

• it suggests that poplars like to be alone

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Poplars:

Line 1 is important to the poem because it helps to

• introduce the speaker

• describe the setting of the poem

• establish the mood of the poem

• set the poem’s rhyme scheme

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Poplars:

In stanza 1, the word wayfarer means

• someone who often takes walks in the woods

• a person who travels, especially on foot

• a person who has lost their way

• someone who sits quietly under trees

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Poplars:

The last stanza is important to the poem because

• it shows the reader how poplars cope with their circumstance

• it explains the conditions in which poplars grow

• it shows the theme of the poem

• it provides details about the speaker of the poem

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

There Will Come Soft Rains (War):

Stanza 5 is important to the poem because it shows

• that no one would mind the war, nor care when the war is done

• that mankind can not win a war with nature

• that birds and trees will perish utterly

• that nature will not be disturbed if mankind destroys themselves with war

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

There Will Come Soft Rains (War):

In this poem, the word perished means

• to suffer death

• to stop war

• nature

• mankind

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

There Will Come Soft Rains (War):

Which statement best expresses the theme of this poem?

• War is detrimental to both man and nature

• Mankind is destructive and prone to war.

• When the last of war is done, no one will care

• Nature is indifferent to mankind.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

There Will Come Soft Rains (War):

Which line(s) from the poem best supports the theme from the previous question?

• “And not one will know of the war, not one”

• “There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,/ And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;”

• “And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,/ Would scarcely know that we were gone.”

• “Robins will wear their feathery fire/ Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;”

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4