Question

B. Read the poem and answer the questions that follow:

Hide and seek

The trees are tall, but the moon small,

My legs feel rather weak,

For Avis, Mavis and Tom Clarke Are

hiding somewhere in the dark, And it’s

my turn to seek.

Suppose they lay a trap and play A trick

to frighten me?

Suppose they plan to disappear And leave

me here, half dead with fear, Groping from

tree to tree?

Alone, alone, all on my own

And then perhaps to find

Not Avis, Mavis and young Tom

But monsters to run shrieking from,

Mad monsters of no kind. (Robert Graves)

a. Who is the poet looking for? 2

b. Why were his legs feeling weak? 2

c. What does the poet fear his friends might do to him? 2

d. Who was he afraid of encountering in the forest?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Answer a. His friends, Avis , Mavis and young Tom

B. Because he was tired of finding his friends.

C. He's afraid that his friends might play a trick to frighten him or plan to disappear and leave him.

D. He was afraid of encountering monsters in the forest.

These answers might not be correct.