THEME DEVELOPMENT
What are the two major themes of “Across the Border”?
(A) Nature is frightening
(B) Nature is full of wonder and children have a unique view
(C) Fairyland is dangerous
(D) Childhood is confusing
B) Nature is full of wonder and children have a unique view
What shift happens in lines 14–17?
(A) Confused
(B) From magic to reality
(C) Frightened
(D) Trapped
(B) From magic to reality
Part A: In lines 10-13, how does the speaker feel?
(A) Determined
(B) Fascinated
(C) Fearful
(D) Confused
(B) Fascinated
What device is "I stalked a roving song"?
(A) Metaphor
(B) Personification
(C) Imagery
(D) Hyperbole
(B) Personification
Which sense is most used to show magic?
(A) Hearing
(B) Sight
(C) Taste
(D) Smell
(B) Sight
How does the poet show nature’s wonder?
(A) Using scary descriptions
(B) Describing magic creatures
(C) Creating boring settings
(D) Emphasizing adult wisdom
B)By describing magic creatures
What words show the shift?
(A) "Shadowy hours," "soft-foot night"
(B) "Green paths," "swift wings"
(C) "Golden flowers," "white birds"
(D) "Burn stars," "fairy folk"
(A) "Shadowy hours," "soft-foot night"
Part B: How does the author show fascination?
(A) Using vague language
(B) Using vivid sensory descriptions
(C) Showing exhaustion
(D) Showing the speaker gets lost
(B) Using vivid sensory descriptions
What device is "swift silver wings"?
(A) Alliteration
(B) Simile
(C) Personification
(D) Imagery
(A) Alliteration
Which sense is in "whispered of soft-foot night"?
(A) Touch
(B) Hearing
(C) Smell
(D) Sight
(B) Hearing
Why is childhood important to understanding fairyland?
(A) Children are less distracted
(B) Adults are too logical
(C) Fairyland is based on experience
(D) Adults know more about nature
(B) Adults are too logical
What mood does the speaker show after the shift?
(A) Disappointed
(B) Comforted
(C) Scared
(D) Confused
(B) Comforted
Which line BEST shows fascination?
(A) "Swift silver wings"
(B) "Whispered of soft-foot night"
(C) "Man understands"
(D) "Brown birds"
(A) "Swift silver wings"
What device is "burn stars for candlelight"?
(A) Imagery
(B) Metaphor
(C) Hyperbole
(D) Personification
(D) Personification
How does Yeats’ epigraph relate to Jewett’s poem?
(A) It warns of fairyland
(B) It shows a magical forest
(C) It criticizes childhood
(D) It shows adult wisdom
(B) It shows a magical forest
How does the setting support the theme?
(A) It feels dangerous
(B) It feels unfamiliar
(C) It feels enchanting
(D) It feels gloomy
(C) It feels enchanting
Why does the speaker "creep home"?
(A) He is scared
(B) He seeks comfort in reality
(C) He is lost
(D) He is hiding
(B) He seeks comfort in reality
Part A
Read lines 10-13.
I followed two swift silver wings;
I stalked a roving song;
I startled shining, silent things;
I wandered all day long.
Which word describes the speaker’s perspective on the setting in this excerpt?
fascinated
Correct. The narrator is fascinated while walking through the fairyland.
“Whispered of soft-foot night” (line 15)
Expected:
imagery
Expected:
Allows the reader to clearly hear the sounds of the setting
Which archetype is used in both poems?
(A) Bird archetype
(B) Color archetype
(C) Childhood archetype
(D) Hero archetype
(C) Childhood archetype
How does the author develop the themes of “nature is full of wonder” and “children have a unique perspective”?
by using imagery to show how children see magical things in nature
Correct. The author uses images such as fairy folk and speaking leaves and trees to describe an enchanted nature through a child’s perspective.
Read lines 14–17. How do these lines develop the speaker’s perspective?
They establish the speaker’s shift from sensing magic to reality.
Correct. Prior to this, the setting was described as a fairyland. At this point, the narrator transitions back to reality with brown birds and candlelight.
Part B
How does the author develop the attitude identified in Part A in these lines?
by describing fairyland with sensory details and vivid language
Correct. The narrator is excited about exploring fairyland, and uses sensory details and vivid language to describe his or her wonderment.
“Man understands” (line 7)
Expected:
assonance
Expected:
Emphasizes the lyrical rhythm in the poem
How does the poet appeal to the reader’s five senses to develop the magic of fairyland?
The poet uses color in every stanza to appeal to the sense of sight.
Correct. Every stanza uses color to appeal to the sense of sight.