POEM

WHO LIVES IN THE GRASS?

A narrow Fellow in the Grass

A narrow Fellow in the Grass

Occasionally rides—

You may have met Him—did you not

His notice sudden is—

(5)The Grass divides as with a Comb—

A spotted shaft is seen—

And then it closes at your feet

And opens further on—

He likes a boggy Acre

(10)A Floor too cool for Corn—

Yet when a Boy, and Barefoot—

I more than once at Noon

Have passed, I thought, a Whip lash

Unbraiding in the Sun

(15)When stooping to secure it

It wrinkled, and was gone—

Several of Nature’s People

I Know, and they know me—I feel for them a transport

(20)of cordiality—

But never met this Fellow

Attended, or alone

Without a tighter breathing

And Zero at the Bone—

Q1) What is the speaker’s attitude toward "Nature’s People" in the fourth stanza?

• hatred

• fear

• jealousy

• excitement

• kindness

What is the "narrow Fellow in the Grass?"

• an evil young boy

• a whip

• a snake

• grasshopper

• stalk of corn

Why are several words within some lines capitalized?

Because they:

• refer to a specific place

• refer to the “Fellow”, to the speaker, or to nature

• are more important than other words

• are more important than other words

• are being used for comparison

Emily Dickinson, an American poet, often personified human emotions and conditions in the form of an animal. Based on her feelings in the last line of the poem, what does the "narrow Fellow in the Grass" represent?

• love

• hunger

• joy

• poverty

• death

How do the dashes and broken lines in "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" affect the way the poem sounds when read out loud?

• The dashes and broken lines create a pause.

• The dashes and broken lines create a fast pace.

• The dashes and broken lines have no effect.

Read the stanza from “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass."

But never met this Fellow

Attended, or alone

Without a tighter breathing

And Zero at the Bone —

How does the final stanza develop the theme that things that are admirable may still be terrifying?

• 
  The speaker calls the snake a fellow, but his reaction upon seeing the snake shows he is shaken up.

• The speaker refers to zero to demonstrate how cold-blooded and cruel snakes are.

• The speaker describes the snake as a comb and a whiplash, but says he has never seen one.

What is a boggy acre?

• refers to an empty ground

• refers to a ground where insects are found

• refers to a ground where corn stalks will grow

• refers to a ground where corn stalks will not grow

When stooping to secure it

What does this line mean?

• The boy wants to take a corn

• The boy tries to catch the narrow fellow

• The wind blew the corn stalk

But never met this Fellow

Attended, or alone

Without a tighter breathing

And Zero at the Bone—

What does the underlined part mean?

• The doubt felt by the poet

• The excitement felt by the poet

• The love felt by the poet

• The fear felt by the poet

Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

• "AND THEN IT CLOSES AT YOUR FEET"

• "AND ZERO AT THE BONE."

• "UNBRAIDING IN THE SUN"

• "BUT WHEN A BOY AND BAREFOOT"