A. Questions
1. In the first two stanzas, which words and phrases personify the
bird? Of these, which make him seem gentlemanly?
2. What word, which might be more appropriate, does 'grass'
remind
you
of in the phrase 'a convenient grass? (Note that
Dickinson has deliberately used the article a-we don't say a
grass!)
3. In which stanzas is the bird unaware of being watched? When
does it become aware?
4. Each stanza contains (at least one noun for a man-made
object-list these items.
5. Pick one verb to describe the bird's action in each stanza.
6. What are two of the narrator's actions?
7. What are the bird's wings compared to and what are their
movements softer than?
8. Look at the mixture of earth, air and water images used by
Dickinson. Can you find a possible reference to the sight of
swimming fish?
CHAPTER NAME - IN THE GARDEN
Answers
Answer:
In the first two stanzas, which words and phrases personify the
bird? Of these, which make him seem gentlemanly?
2. What word, which might be more appropriate, does 'grass'
remind
you
of in the phrase 'a convenient grass? (Note that
Dickinson has deliberately used the article a-we don't say a
grass!)
3. In which stanzas is the bird unaware of being watched? When In the first two stanzas, which words and phrases personify the
bird? Of these, which make him seem gentlemanly?
2. What word, which might be more appropriate, does 'grass'
remind
you
of in the phrase 'a convenient grass? (Note that
Dickinson has deliberately used the article a-we don't say a
grass!)
3. In which stanzas is the bird unaware of being watched? When
does it become aware?
4. Each stanza contains (at least one noun for a man-made
object-list these items.
5. Pick one verb to describe the bird's action in each stanza.
6. What are two of the narrator's actions?
7. What are the bird's wings compared to and what are their
movements softer than?
8. Look at the mixture of earth, air and water images used by
Dickinson. Can you find a possible reference to the sight of
swimming fish?
CHAPTER NAME - IN THE
does it become aware?
4. Each stanza contains (at least one noun for a man-made
object-list these items.
5. Pick one verb to describe the bird's action in each stanza.
6. What are two of the narrator's actions?
7. What are the bird's wings compared to and what are their
movements softer than?
8. Look at the mixture of earth, air and water images used by
Dickinson. Can you find a possible reference to the sight of
swimming fish?
CHAPTER NAME - IN THE
Answer:
8.In the poem In The Garden the poet Emily Dickinson has compared the bird's flight into the sky with a rowing boat and fluttering butterflies respectively. The movement of the oars creates hardly any disturbance in the water; likewise
the bird's wings too do not make an impact on the sky. The bird's flight is then compared to that of butterflies fluttering in the banks of a river. The poet makes an implied comparison between the butterflies and fish when she says 'they swim'.It suggests the smoothness and gracefulness of the bird's flight through the sky.