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WorksheetsMy Prairies Poem FSA Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which of these expresses the overall message in "My Prairies"?
There is much to love about prairies.
Prairies are home to many animals.
It is easy to get lost in vast, empty prairies.
Prairies have better views than seashores.
Read lines 10-12 from the poem.
"The never resting prairie winds. The trees
That stand like spear points high
Against the dark blue sky"
What idea is the speaker trying to express about the trees?
They wave their branches like soldiers with spears.
They can barely be seen against the dark blue sky.
They must fight to stand against the constant winds.
They rise tall and thin above the empty landscape.
Which phrases in stanzas 4 and 5 support the idea that the speaker enjoys the sound of cows as much as that of birds?
Type your answer exactly as it is in the poem.
(a)
What does the figurative language refer to in lines 15 and 16 below?
"A royal carpet toward the sun, fit to be
The pathway of a deity."
pointed blades of tall grass on the top of rolling hills
brightly lit mown grass stretching as far as one can see
hazel branches fighting against a constantly blowing wind
distant trees rising tall above an empty landscape
Select one description from the poem that is represented by the illustration.
"I love the hazel thickets; and the breeze..."
"...Like the bended arm and wrist of God."
"I love their grasses. The skies are larger..."
"The trees that stand like spear points high..."
"...the songs of birds are not more thrilling to me..."
What does the first-person speaker of the poem help the reader understand?
how the plants and animals on the prairie live
what work the speaker does while on the prairie
how other people feel about the prairie in general
what the speaker feels when looking out at the prairie
Part A: Which statement describes how the last stanza adds to the poem as a whole?
It lets the reader know that the main reason the speaker loves the prairie is that he owns it and calls it "mine."
It reveals that the speaker actually lives by the mountains and the seashore but often wishes he still lived on the prairie.
It describes the speaker's love of prairies by contrasting that love with how little he cares for the mountains and the sea.
It explains that all the speaker can see in his part of the world are prairies in every direction.
Part B: Which lines from the poem support the answer in Part A?
"I love my prairies, they are mine / From zenith to horizon line, / Clipping a world of sky and sod"
"...and my restless eyes / Fasten on more of earth and air / Than seashore furnishes anywhere."
"...I love the gold / Of newly shaven stubble, rolled. / A royal carpet toward the sun..."
"I love the life of pasture lands; the songs of birds / Are not more thrilling to me than the herd's / Mad bellowing..."
When was the poem My Prairies published?
1912
1921
1948
1821
How many stanzas are in this poem?
5
7
6
10
