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WorksheetsIn the Time of Silver Rain
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Q. What is the overall tone of the poem?
Blissful
Anxious
Hostile
Amusing
Q. How does the poet feel about the subject of the poem?
He despises the rain.
He likes the way the rain makes things look.
He feels happy that Spring has arrived.
He enjoys listening to the singing of the children.
Q. What is the poet describing in the line
"And flowers lift their heads" ?
Flowers looking up at the sky
Flowers waking up
Flowers Blooming
Flowers moving in the wind
Q. The line "And flowers lift their heads" is an example of what?
Allusion
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Q. In stanzas 1 and 3 , the poet uses the phrase "put forth". What does this phrase mean in the context of the poem?
Bring
Produce
Have
Want
Q. Which of the following lines in the poem is an example of imagery?
The earth puts forth new life again
In time of silver rain, The butterflies lift silken wings
In joy beneath the sky
The wonder spreads
Q. "Green grasses grow" is an example of what poetry technique?
Rhyme Scheme
Allusion
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Q. Why does the poet uses repetition in stanza 2?
To create an image of new life in the reader's mind.
To let the reader know how many new flowers he sees.
To emphasize his excitement of the coming of Spring.
To show the reader that 3 new lives have begun.
Q. What do the passing boys and girls share with the trees?
They are catching rainbows
They are passing down the roadway
They are new
They are singing
Q. In the line "And trees put forth new leaves to sing", the poet uses personification to-
to show that the magic tree can sing
to emphasize the tree's sighs
to illustrate how alive the tree's are and the sound the leaves make.
to show the falling of leaves
