Beleaguered cities quiz

The word "Beleaguered" means...

• Flourishing

• surrounded and under attack

• peaceful and quiet

• abandoned

Why does the poet call the city buildings "Babels"?

• To show that the cities are peaceful and safe

• To suggest that the buildings are tall, confusing, and chaotic

• To symbolize arrogance and pride and ambition

• To show that nature controls the cities

"Of that uncontrolled host you have outcast" (Line 8) - What is this host that the poet is referring to?

• the city officials

• the invading humans

• Nature's army

• The single blade of grass

The general message of the poem is:

• Nature is weak compared to humans

• Nature will eventually reclaim the cities when the humanity is gone

• Cities and nature live in harmony

• The cities struggle to contain nature's power.

In the line, “The blade of grass is a ____,” the poet uses personification to show that nature is clever and powerful.

By calling thistle down a “_________ ___,” the poet emphasizes nature’s ability to break through man-made structures.