why does the author begin each stanza with a question? from the poem wishing
Answers
Answer: because in first stanza poet asked our fellings
Explanation: please like my answer
Explanation:
Wishing
By: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Do you wish the world were better?
Let me tell you what to do.
Set a watch upon your actions,
Keep them always straight and true.
Rid your mind of selfish motives,
Let your thoughts be clean and high.
You can make a little Eden
Of the sphere you occupy.
Do you wish the world were wiser?
Well, suppose you make a start
By accumulating wisdom
In the scrapbook of your heart.
Do not waste one page on folly;
Live to learn, and learn to live.
If you want to give men knowledge
You must get it ere you give.
Do you wish the world were happy?
Then remember day by day
Just to scatter seeds of kindness
as you pass along the way:
For the pleasures of many
May be oft times traced to one,
As the hand that plants an acorn
Shelters armies from the sun.
Multiple Choice
1. What does the author mean by the phrase, "Set a watch
A-Knowledge is not important.
B-If you want to teach someone something, you must learn about it first.
C-The world will never be wiser.
3. What is the "sphere you
C-join the army
Short Answer Questions
5. Explain in your own words, the advice the author gives in the second stanza.
6. Why does the author begin each stanza with a question?
7. The tone of a poem is how the author feels about his subject. What is the tone of this poem? Give evidence from the poem to support your answer.