WorksheetsFocus Poem Practice: “High Flight”
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 17mins
What is the “topic” of the poem?
Death
Growing up
Flying a plane
Searching for answers
Which word best describes the tone of the poem?
Questioning
Ecstatic
Awestruck
Fearful
Which line from the poem best supports the tone of the poem?
“Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.“
“Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things”
“I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung”
“My eager craft through footless halls of air...”
Which line best supports the idea that the speaker is proud of his accomplishments as a pilot?
“Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth!”
“Put our my handAnd touched the face of God”
“I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --“
“Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds,”
Which line provides the best example of visual imagery?
“And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;“
“Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth”
“Flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.”
“I’ve topped the windswept heights with easy grace.”
What is the best paraphrase of the line, “I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth.”
I have fallen asleep and died peacefully.
I have forgotten about the burdens of life.
I have returned to Earth after a relaxing flight.
I have flown away Into the sky from the burdens and trials of life.
Which sentence best explains the literal meaning of the last line of the poem?
I have died and gone to Heaven.
I feel like I am in Heaven when I’m flying a plane high in the air.
I am a God who is able to accomplish many things that most humans cannot.
I’m so high in the air that I can almost see Heaven.
Which line uses Both auditory (sound) sensory details AND personification ?
“my eager craft through footless halls of air.”
“And danced the sky on laughter-silvered wings”
“I’ve chased the shouting wind along.”
“ High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there”
What is the theme of the poem?
Freedom
Flying a plane is a freeing, reverent and awesome experience.
Many hard lessons can be learned through flying a plane.
Death is a peaceful and simple experience met by all human beings.
Which line demonstrates that the poet feels FREEDOM when he flies a plane?
“Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth.
“Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue”
“I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace“
“You have not dreamed of. Wheeled and soared and swung”
