English Zingers

The second stanza shows that the speaker-

• misunderstands natural phenomena

• is a frequent traveler

• thinks nature is beautiful

• has a phobia of the wilderness

Read these lines from the last stanza. It's just the call of the lonesome place, The winds and the housing dark.

The lines support a theme of wilderness's--

• beauty

• danger

• isolation

• coldness

What does the dog symbolize in the last stanza?

• fear

• domestication

• loneliness

• vigilance

The third stanza builds upon the theme of-

• civilization versus nature

• urban living versus rural living

• cold windows versus warm fires

• light versus darkness

In the first stanza, the reader can infer that the speaker uses the pronoun you to refer to a -

• letter

• gardener

• housewife

• friend

In the second stanza, the speaker uses a metaphor to highlight her-

• compulsive neatness

• thorough organization

• hasty carelessness

• delayed gratification

Stanzas 1 through 4 of the poem begin with the work If. How does this structure relate to the content of the poem>

• It highlights the passage of time.

• It shows that the speaker's life is dull and uneventful.

• It emphasizes the intensity of the speaker's desire for the friend's return.

• It suggests that the speaker likes to throw away unimportant things.

The poet most likely includes the last stanza about the bee to develop the theme of--

• irritation with life's nuisances

• false hopes about friends

• anxiety about a next meeting

• wishes for a better life