3rd 6 weeks test review-poetry

Read line 8 from "Lake's Promise."

Line 8--"around my deep, unchanging heart".

What does this line suggest about the lake?

• The lake has lost something it dearly loved.

• The lake will continue to care for his visitors.

• The lake feels a sense of lonliness.

• The lake is angry at the world.

What is most likely the reason the poet repeats the word "Return" in lines 9 and 11?

• To show that the listener has forgotten the lake.

• To emphasize that the lake has unrealistic expectations.

• The suggest that the lake will always be there for the listener.

• To explain the listener's relationship with the lake.

Read lines 5 and 6.

"Out in the world, you grow, you change;

you lead your busy life apart"

What do these lines reveal about the lake?

• The lake is proud of how mature the listener has become.

• The lake understands that the listener has other priorities.

• The lake cannot relate to the listener as time passes.

• The lake is upset about having missed parts of the listener's life.

What does the poet's use of the phrase "where once you left your barefoot trace" in line 5 prompt the listener to think about?

• Memorable times the listener has spent at the lake.

• The specific features of the lake that humans enjoy.

• Others who have visited the lake before the listener.

• The damage that humans have done to the lake.

Read line 16.

"You'll find whatever you have lost".

What does this line suggest about the lake?

• The lake has kept the listener's possessions safe.

• The lake thinks the listener is careless.

• The lake wants to remind the listener of a time when life was more simple.

• The lake hopes the listener will remember how to get back to the water.