STAAR Reading Poetry Passage

1. Which of these describes the structure of the poem?

• A Unrhymed lines with the same meter

• B Free Verse with no rhyme and no meter

• C Formal structure with patterns of rhyme and meter

• D Triplet rhyme scheme with a regular four beat meter

2. In lines 4 through 10, the reader can infer that the oven-bird's songs refer to --

• F the new leaves and flowers that reveal new birth

• G the changes in the seasons and in the stages of life

• H the pears and cherries as delicious mid summer treats

• J the mess that a dusty road makes in an orchard and on people

3. Read line 9 from the poem.

"And comes that other fall we name the fall."

What tone is conveyed by this line?

• A Resigned

• B Expectant

• C Sarcastic

• D Baffled

4. In the poem, the bird is a symbol of --

• F hope

• G peace

• H freedom

• J aging

5, From the poem's last four lines, the reader can infer a theme exploring --

• A the individuality of nature

• B the tension between noise and silence

• C the self awareness that in the midst of life is death

• D the importance of asking questions about why things happen

6. The hyphenated words mid-summer and mid-wood in lines 2 and 5 serve to --

• F

• G

• H

• J