Poetry Review

What does the speaker look at in this poem?

• the sun and moon

• cliffs and clouds

• bugs in the grass

Which of these phrases from the poem describes part of the setting?

• which must be mine

• with quiet eyes

• a hundred flowers

The speaker of the poem wants to enjoy nature without hurting it in any way. Which evidence from the poem best supports this conclusion?

• I will touch a hundred flowers / And not pick one.

• I will mark which must be mine, / And then start down!

• I will be the gladdest thing / Under the sun!

Where is the speaker of the poem spending an afternoon?

• on a hill

• in a forest

• in a town

What is this poem mostly about?

• enjoying nature without leaving a mark on it

• the effects of wind on grass, cliffs, and clouds

• travelling from a hill down to a town

Read these lines from the poem: I will look at cliffs and clouds With quiet eyes, Watch the wind bow down the grass, And the grass rise. Why might the poet have described the speaker's eyes as "quiet" in the second line of the stanza?

• A. to hint that the speaker cannot hear or speak at all

• B. to show that the speaker was speechless while enjoying nature

• C. to suggest that the speaker's mouth was not staying quiet

In "Winter Time," to what does the poet compare the cold wind?

• cake frosting
• pepper
• blood-red orange
• reindeer

Which line from the poem is a simile that describes something using like or as?

• Close by the jolly fire I sit
• Its frosty pepper up my nose
• Are frosted like a wedding cake
• A frosty, fiery sleepy head

In stanza 5 it says "Black are my steps on the silver sod." Where is the child walking?

• on the cold floor
• on the snowy ground
• on a frozen pond
• on a silver blanket

Read the first stanza. What can you conclude based on the lines?

• There is less daylight in the winter.

• The sun is brighter in the winter.

• There is more daylight in the winter.

• The speaker is a sleepy head.