Reading Comprehension #14015

Practice Exercise 15 C

Narrative Poetry

  1. Answer the questions.

    1. Write the rhyme scheme beside the following stanza.

      ____   The buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard
      ____   And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood,
      ____   Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it.
      ____   And from there those that lifted eyes could count

    2. What is the main idea or theme of the poem?

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    3. Summarize the events in a paragraph.

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    4. What is the setting of the poem?

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