Poems

Which line from the poem BEST reflects the speaker's overall feeling toward nature?

• "In serried ranks, the Redwoods stand:"

• "The nations that with them were young"

• "For brief the years allotted man"

• "God stands before you in these trees"

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Which line from the poem shows that the speaker feels pride for living where the redwoods grows?

• "No other lands their glory know."

• "Tall conquerors that laugh at storms;"

• "So shall they live, when ends our days,"

• "With silent tongue and awestruck soul;"

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Read these lines from the poem.

This is their temple, vaulted high,

And here, we pause with reverent eye,

What is the author saying the forest is similar to?

• The forest is like a bank, holding nature's rich treasures.

• The forest is like a holy place, which we should respect.

• The forest is like a person's head, which guides the body.

• The forest is like a throne, where the redwood rules as king

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What does the fifth stanza of the poem (lines 17-20) add to the structure of the poem?

• It suggests to readers that their goal in life should be to protect the environment.

• It continues to develop the idea that humans live a much shorter time than trees

• It changes the setting of the poem from outside in a forest to inside in a temple

• It shifts the focus from a description of the trees to people's experience of them.

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Which of the following BEST explains how the speaker's point of view influences how the redwoods are described?

• As a poet, the speaker considers his poem a greater creation than any redwood in the forest.

• As a thinking person, the speaker sees himself and all people as superior to a forest of redwoods.

• As a human, the speaker marvels at the incredible size and long lives of the redwoods.

• As a concerned citizen, the speaker sees the redwoods as a threatened part of the environment.

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How does the picture support what the author says about the trees?

• It shows how tall and grand the trees are

• It shows how the trees shelter smaller plants.

• It shows that trees live longer than kings.

• It shows why the trees can withstand most storms

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Which of these BEST expresses the overall message in "My Prairies"?

• Prairies are home to many animals

• There is much to love about prairies

• It is easy to get lost in vast empty prairies

• Prairies have better views than seashores.

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Read these lines from the poem.

The never resting prairie winds. The trees

That stand like spear points high

Against the dark blue sky

What is the meaning of the simile in these lines?

• The trees wave their branches like soldiers with spears.

• The trees can barely be seen against the dark blue sky.

• The trees must fight to stand against the constant wind.

• The trees rise tall and thin above the empty landscape.

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Which line from the poem shows that the speaker loves the look of the prairie after it has been mown?

• "Clipping a world of sky and sod"

• "I love their grasses. The skies."

• "Fasten on more of earth and air"

• "Of newly shaven stubble, rolled"

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How does the last stanza add to the poem as a whole?

• It tells the reader that when the speaker calls the prairie "mine" he means that he owns it.

• It reveals that the speaker actually lives by the mountains and the seashore but wishes he did not.

• It highlights the speakers' love of prairies by expressing how little he cares for the mountains and the sea.

• It explains that all the speaker can see in his part of the world are prairies in every directions.

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