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WorksheetsSong of March
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What does the word dwindling mean in line 18?
lessening
soaking
straying
troubling
Read lines 13 & 14:
"she tears a hole in heaven's sky,
so sun can shine and rain can cry."
What do these lines suggest about March?
She is sad to see Winter go away.
She is jealous of the power of Winter.
She makes movements that are clumsy.
She creates opportunities for a new season to appear.
What is most likely the reason that the author uses personification throughout the poem?
To compare March's behavior to an impatient child.
To create a personal feeling of sadness for March's farewell.
To show how March's changing of the season affects each person.
To use the actions of a person to to describe March's affect on the weather.
Which of the following lines helps the reader imagine the sky during March?
She gently calms as Spring draws near,
her wooly, fleecy, clouds of white, set in skies of blue delight.
When nights grow short, and days grow long
With Winter's footprints in the past, and snows begin to melt at last.
What can the reader infer is March's "whistling song"?
the sound of rain
the sound of the clouds
the sound of the wind
A person whistling in the trees
Which lines suggest that March winds begin to die down as the month ends?
She gently calms as Spring draws near,
as blooming daffodils appear
her wild bouts of gusty breeze, roars through valleys, hills, and trees
Listen for her whistling song!
Knowing she'll be back this way,
upon a cold late winter's day.
What do the following lines suggest about the month of March?
"She welcomes April showers in,
then gathers up her dwindling winds,
now her long journey home begins,..."
April is the rainiest month of all.
The winds begin to dwindle at the end of winter.
The beginning of March is not windy at all.
The end of March is less windy and more rainy.
In lines 5-6, the poet uses personification most likely to emphasize that the month of March is typically
very windy
very sunny
violent
rainy and stormy
What does Stanza 2 indicate about the days and nights when March comes?
The nights are longer.
We have more daylight each day.
The days and nights are finally equal
Each day is the longest of the year.
After reading the poem, the reader can infer that ____
March keeps the winds with her.
March does not like the winds.
we only have wind during March.
only valleys and trees feel the wind.
