Question

Read the excerpt.

from in the garden

Like one in danger; cautious,
I offered him a crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home

Than oars divide the ocean,
Too silver for a seam,
Or butterflies, off banks of noon,
Leap, plashless, as they swim.



(from "In the Garden" by Emily Dickinson)

Question
Which is the purpose of the poet's use of imagery in the excerpt?

Answer options with 4 options
1.
explain how gracefully the bird flies away

2.
describe different insects that fly and swim

3.
illustrate how the butterfly leaps through the air

4.
show the bird can fly in the air and swim in the water

Answer 1

The purpose of the poet's use of imagery in the excerpt is to show that the bird can fly in the air and swim in the water.