Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness! Close
bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the
hatch-eaves run; to bend with apples
the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the
core; To swell the gourd, and plump the
hazel shells with a sweet kernel; to
set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'er-brimmed their clammy cells.
1. What makes this poem an ode?
a. It shows grief for something lost or dead.
b. It is a formal poem of praise for someone or something
c. It tells the story of an actual historical event
d. It has fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter.
I think B.
2. The excerpt above is only one stanza of the ode-the other stanzas probably contain:
a. Praise for autumn's plentiful harvest and weather
b. a description of a death that took place during the fall of the year.
c. three lines each with five, seven, and five syllables.
d. complaints about autumn rain and frost.
I think A.
3. To what does the poet refer in the phrase "their clammy cells"?
a. The petals of a flower
b. The honey cells of a beehive
c. the prison cells in the local jail
d. the biological cells in a hazelnut
I think B.
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