Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Seeming still, yet still in motion
Identify other examples from the poem for alliteration.
Advertisements
Solution
Other examples for alliteration from this poem:
- River, river, little river
- Through the flowers and foliage glancing
- River, river Swelling river!
- On you rush through rough and smooth
- Over rocks, by rose – banks, sweeping
- River, river! Brimming river!
- River, river! Headlong river!
- Down you dash into the sea.
- The sea that line hath never sounded
- The sea that sail hath never rounded.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Why does the poet say ‘No’ in the beginning of the third stanza?
If your little brother or sister does not like to eat any of these following vegetables
How will you make him or her eat them?
What are all the flattering or tempting words you might use to convince them?
Work in pairs and enact that moment in front of your classmates.
"Oh no, no,” said the little Fly, “kind Sir, that cannot be,
I’ve heard what’s in your pantry, and I do not wish to see!"
Is the fly willing to enter the spider’s pantry?
"Sweet creature!” said the Spider, “You’re witty and you’re wise,
How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!"
Why does the spider say that the fly is witty?
River, river! Swelling river!
On you rush through rough and smooth;
Why does the poet mention the river to be swelling?
Pick out the examples for imagery from the poem.
Faster than a cheetah
With a tail that’s miles long,
Whose tail is compared here?
The gladdest people living are the wholesome folks who make
A circle at the fireside that no power but death can break.
Where do they gather?
But the gladdest sort of people, when the busy day is done,
Are the brothers and the sisters who together share their fun.
Who are the gladdest people?
But the gladdest sort of people, when the busy day is done,
Are the brothers and the sisters who together share their fun.
What does 'who' refer to?
