Sorrow is my own yardwhere the new grassflames as it has flamedoften before but notwith the cold firethat closes round me this year.Thirtyfive yearsI lived with my husband.The plumtree is white todaywith masses of flowers.Masses of flowersload the cherry branchesand color some bushesyellow and some redbut the grief in my heartis stronger than theyfor though they were my joyformerly, today I notice themand turn away forgetting.8 Mark For Review8Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?A) To itemize the various ways that the speaker remembers her late husbandB) To compare the beauty of the trees and flowers to the ugliness of human natureC) To show grief through descriptions of the changed way in which the speaker responds to her yardD) To show that even one who grieves can find hope in the beauty of nature

Based on this stanza from a poem by Robert Frost, what is the poem's main idea?           My November Guest    My Sorrow, when she's here with me,    Thinks these dark days of autumn rain    Are beautiful as days can be;    She loves the bare, the withered tree;    She walks the sodden pasture lane.The poet sometimes becomes depressed in the fall.The poet is happy in November.The poet has a friend named Sorrow who likes autumn.The poet loves the fall season.

Click to read "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now," by A. E. Housman. Then answer the question.Which line(s) from the poem best support(s) the theme that people should take pleasure in nature during their short lives?A.Now, of my threescore years and ten, / Twenty will not come again,B.And take from seventy springs a score,C.And stands about the woodland rideD.And since to look at things in bloom / Fifty springs are little room.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Choose the poem that uses alliteration.When you destroy a blade of grassYou poison England at her roots:Remember no man's foot can passWhere evermore no green life shoots.The human heart has hidden treasures,In secret kept, in silence sealed;The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures,Whose charms were broken if revealed.

"Loveliest of trees, the cherry now" by A. E. Housman. Then answer the question.Which piece of advice best states the theme of this poem?A.Our lives go by quickly, so take time to enjoy each moment.B.Looking at cherry blossoms is a waste of time.C.You shouldn't waste your youth looking at cherry blossoms.D.Cherry blossoms are prettier than any other blossoms.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The following text is from Robert Burns’ 1781 poem, “Winter: A Dirge.”The sweeping blast, the sky o'ercast,The joyless winter dayLet others fear, to me more dearThan all the pride of May:The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul,My griefs it seems to join;The leafless trees my fancy please,Their fate resembles mine!6Mark for ReviewCross out answer choices you think are wrong.ABCWhich choice best states the main purpose of the text?ATo express the speaker's preference for winter over spring and stormsBTo describe the soothing effect of the tempest's howl on the speaker's soulCTo draw a parallel between the leafless trees and the speaker's own state of beingDTo convey the speaker's sense of joy and connection with nature during winter