Question

Read the stanza from "Twelfth Song of Thunder.”

The voice that beautifies the land!
The voice below;
The voice of the grasshopper
Among the plants
Again and again it sounds,
The voice that beautifies the land.

Which message does the repetition in the stanza make clear?

The sound of the grasshopper makes the landscape more wondrous.
The sound of the grasshopper is difficult for some people to hear.
The sound of the grasshopper indicates that it enjoys eating plants.
The sound of the grasshopper can sometimes mean trouble.

Answer 1

The sound of the grasshopper makes the landscape more wondrous.

Repetition of "The voice that beautifies the land" emphasizes that the grasshopper’s song enhances or beautifies the land, not that it’s hard to hear, that it eats plants, or that it signals trouble.