Good job. All are correct.
(I'd remove the second "poem" from your first answer, though, because "elegy" means a poem paying tribute to a deceased person.)
The old stone bridge across Rugen Bay
is one of my favorite places to play.
I toss pebbles for Mom, and a pebble for Dad, And a rock for horses and chickens we had. I watch as each of the stones makes rings
like songs that each of memories sings.
For my wife-for my dear and precious Lenore-My hands and my eyes throw several more.
And then, before my playing is done
I throw the most important one,
For the memory of my son.
1. What makes this an elegy? The poem is an elegy poem because the gentleman is throwing stones as he remembers things long past and the most important one, which is the death of his son.
2. Write an example of a simile from the poem.
"I watch as each of the stones makes rings, like the song that each of my memories sings.
3. Write two pairs of rhyming words from the poem.
Bay and play, Dad and had.
4. How old does the speaker seen at the end of the poem.
The speaker seems old enough to be a grandfather.
5. Is the speaker happy or sad? How do you know.
I feel the speaker is sad because the last stone he throws is the most important one which is in memory of his son.
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