Poems

"Stopping By Woods..."

The speaker of the poem stops to ---

• watch the woods fill up with snow

• find food for his or her horse

• say hello to the owner of the woods

• go skating on a frozen lake

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"Stopping By Woods..."

What is the setting of this poem?

• in the woods on a bright, snowy afternoon

• in a village on a dark, snowy evening

• by a frozen lake on a bright, snowy afternoon

• near the woods on a dark, snowy evening

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"Stopping By Woods..."

Read the first stanza of the poem:

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

Based on this information, the reader can conclude that ---

• the woods are far away from the village

• the woods are near some houses

• the owner of the woods is friends with the speaker of the poem

• the speaker of the poem does not like the owner of the woods

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"Stopping By Woods..."

What is one thing that pulls the speaker of the poem away from the woods?

• the freezing, harsh wind

• the cold, snowy weather

• the darkness of the evening

• promises the speaker needs to keep

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"Stopping By Woods..."

Read the last stanza of the poem:

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

At the end of the poem, the speaker most likely wants to ---

• stay in the woods

• get a good night’s sleep

• keep his promises

• continue his journey

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"12 from Gitanjali"

Which of the following phrases from the poem best evokes the speaker’s triumphant tone?

• “The time that my journey takes is long and the way of it long.”

• “It is the most distant course that comes nearest to thyself,”

• “My eyes strayed far and wide before I shut them and said ‘Here art thou!’'

• “‘I am!’”

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"12 from Gitanjali"

What mainly can be inferred from the passage below?

I came out on the chariot of the first gleam of light, and pursued my

voyage through the wildernesses of worlds leaving my track on many a star and planet.

• The speaker has journeyed extremely far.

• The speaker is tired.

• The speaker has no idea where he is going.

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"The Journey"

What larger idea about the traveler’s journey is mainly expressed by these images of nature in the poem (lines 19-22)?

It was already late

enough, and a wild night,

and the road full of fallen

branches and stones.

• The traveler’s future may present obstacles and dangers.

• The traveler is having second thoughts about leaving.

• The traveler will find it easy to hide if she is followed.

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"The Journey"

What most likely is the traveler’s reason for leaving “the voices”?

• They never speak to her.

• They want her to manage their lives, not her own.

• They confine her to the house by tying her ankles.

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Which poem has a rhyme scheme?

• Stopping By Woods...

• 12

• The Journey

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