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1. State what the poem is about.
2. Identify the personification in stanza 1. 3. Explain the following lines 'Kites of furious butterflies' and 'lemonade of simple praise'. 4. What were the two small children hunting? 5. Explain the pun 'mantis prays' 6. Why are the children referred to as prodigies? 7a. Identify the two similes in stanza two. (b). Explain the contrasting ideas that they highlight. 8. How does 'she is herself a thing of summery light' continue the emphasis on the contrast found in #7? 9. Explain the terms' frocks of summer torn' and 'scythe's design.' |
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Contributor: Leisa Samuels-Thomas