"My little horse must think it queer" - why was the horse confused?
What is stopping suddenly or mistakably?
100
Complete" There were ten thousand ________ fruit to touch,
Cherish in hand, lift down, and not let ________."
What is thousand and fall?
200
"I looked for him behind an isle of trees;" Who is he referring to?
What is the mower?
200
What is the famous line the neighbour repeats?
What is "good fences makes good neighbours"?
200
"There are three stones of slate and one of marble,
Broad-shouldered little slabs there in the sunlight
On the sidehill" refers to what?
What is the grave?
200
"But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep" suggests that the persona has what?
What is obligations or responsibilities to fulfil?
200
"Cherish in hand, lift down, and not let fall.
For all
That struck the earth...went surely in the cider heap" suggests fallen apples were?
What is worthless/useless?
300
"A leaping tongue of bloom the scythe had spared" is what language technique?
What is metaphor?
300
The wall was falling apart and what spell did they "use"?
What is “Stay where you are until our backs are turned!”?
300
“Not you!—Oh, where’s my hat? Oh, I don’t need it!
I must get out of here. I must get air.—" suggests that Amy is?
What is "running away or avoiding the problem"?
300
"The woods are lovely, dark, and deep" is what language technique?
What is alliteration?
300
"One can see what will trouble
This sleep of mine, whatever sleep it is.
Were he not gone,
The woodchuck could say whether it’s like his
Long sleep" What is a woodchuck?
What is bird?
400
"And hear his long scythe whispering to the ground," is what language technique?
What is personification?
400
"He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him" suggests what?
What is "there is no need for a wall"?
400
What is one rhetorical question used by the husband to convey his frustration and anger about their dead child?
What is “Can’t a man speak of his own child he’s lost?”?
400
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
What is aaba, bbcb, ccdc etc?
400
The poet suggests sleepiness repeatedly using what TWO other words?
What is overtired/drowsy?
500
The poet felt a sense of what to the mower?
What is kinship?
500
"Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
In each hand, like ..." the neighbour is described as?
What is "old-stone savage armed"?
500
“I shall laugh the worst laugh I ever laughed.
I’m cursed. God, if I don’t believe I’m cursed.” The husband is in disbelief of Amy's accusation of him not grieving. What technique is used?
What is word choice?
500
"He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow" Why is the persona so certain?
What is the wood owner's house is in the village?
500
"Magnified apples appear and disappear... I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend." is the poet's what?