Answer the following questions.
1. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
2. Why has Nature been called 'the gentlest mother'?
3. Why does Nature restrain the squirrel and the bird?
4. What do the words “household' and 'assembly' sig ify?
5. What does Nature do at night?
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Nighttime Observations
You may not find the animals, but their trails will let you know they're nearby. If you have a porch light, you may be able to watch creatures from the comfort of your home. The light will draw in insects like moths, in turn attracting hungry creatures like spiders.
1) The ABAB means the first and third lines of a stanza, or the “A”s, rhyme with each other, and the second line rhymes with the fourth line, or the “B”s rhyme together.
2) According to the speaker of Emily Dickinson's "Nature — the Gentlest Mother is," as ose children are likely to hear their gentle Mother, "Restraining Rampant Squirrel," or muffling a "too impetuous Bird." The speaker expresses the natural.
3) Therefore we see that mother nature is hushing down and restraining the rampant squirrel and the erratic bird so that the humans do not harm them or be enticed by them. ... Therefore, Mother Nature has to ensure that the humans do not do something negatively impact on her children in the name of invention and exploration.
4) Because nature is personified as a mother. Therefore like a mother's assets of household, nature looks after her assembly of children and household of greenery.