Question
Read the excerpt from "John Burns of Gettysburg” by Bret Harte.
I might tell how but the day before
John Burns stood at his cottage door,
Looking down the village street,
Where, in the shade of his peaceful vine,
He heard the low of his gathered kine,
And felt their breath with incense sweet
Or I might say, when the sunset burned
The old farm gable, he thought it turned
Which lines from the excerpt contain imagery that appeals to the sense of smell?
“I might tell how but the day before/John Burns stood at his cottage door”
“Looking down the village street/ Where, in the shade of his peaceful vine”
“He heard the low of his gathered kine,/And felt their breath with incense sweet”
“Or I might say, when the sunset burned/The old farm gable, he thought it turned”
I might tell how but the day before
John Burns stood at his cottage door,
Looking down the village street,
Where, in the shade of his peaceful vine,
He heard the low of his gathered kine,
And felt their breath with incense sweet
Or I might say, when the sunset burned
The old farm gable, he thought it turned
Which lines from the excerpt contain imagery that appeals to the sense of smell?
“I might tell how but the day before/John Burns stood at his cottage door”
“Looking down the village street/ Where, in the shade of his peaceful vine”
“He heard the low of his gathered kine,/And felt their breath with incense sweet”
“Or I might say, when the sunset burned/The old farm gable, he thought it turned”
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The lines from the excerpt that contain imagery appealing to the sense of smell are:
“He heard the low of his gathered kine,/And felt their breath with incense sweet”
The phrase "felt their breath with incense sweet" invokes a sense of smell through the reference to "incense sweet," which suggests a pleasant aroma associated with the cattle.
“He heard the low of his gathered kine,/And felt their breath with incense sweet”
The phrase "felt their breath with incense sweet" invokes a sense of smell through the reference to "incense sweet," which suggests a pleasant aroma associated with the cattle.