A Bird Came Down the Walk

What is the speaker watching throughout this poem?

• a leaf

• a beetle

• a worm

• a bird

This poem uses rhyme in many places. What are two lines of the poem that rhyme?

• lines 2 and 4

• lines 1 and 3

• lines 2 and 3

• lines 3 and 4

Read lines 9-13 of the poem. Based on this evidence, what can you conclude about how the bird is feeling?

• The bird feels nervous and scared.

• The bird feels proud and strong

• The bird feels excited and happy.

• The bird feels bored and restless.

When in the poem does the bird most likely notice that the speaker is watching him?

• lines 9-10

• lines 17-18

• lines 1-2

• lines 7-8

What is the main idea of this poem?

• A bird comes down the walk and then swims through a puddle of water.

• A bird comes down the walk and eats crumbs out of the speaker’s hand.

• A bird comes down the walk, eats a worm, and drinks a dewdrop from some grass.

• A bird comes down the walk but flies away when the speaker offers him a crumb.

Read these lines from the poem:

He stirred his Velvet Head Like one in danger, Cautious,

I offered him a Crumb And he unrolled his feathers And rowed him softer home—Than Oars divide the Ocean,

What does the phrase “rowed him softer home” mean here?

• chirped quietly

• hopped onto a boat

• flew away softly

• swam through a puddle