Question

Use the poem "Recuerdo" by Edna St. Vincent Millay to complete the activity. %0D%0A%0D%0A(1) We were very tired, we were very merry—%0D%0A%0D%0AWe had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable—%0D%0A%0D%0ABut we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table,%0D%0A%0D%0AWe lay on a hill-top underneath the moon;%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon.%0D%0A%0D%0A(2) We were very tired, we were very merry—%0D%0A%0D%0AWe had gone back and forth all night on the ferry;%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd you ate an apple, and I ate a pear,%0D%0A%0D%0AFrom a dozen of each we had bought somewhere;%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd the sky went wan, and the wind came cold,%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold.%0D%0A%0D%0A(3) We were very tired, we were very merry,%0D%0A%0D%0AWe had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe hailed, “Good morrow, mother!” to a shawl-covered head,And bought a morning paper, which neither of us read And she wept, “God bless you!” for the apples and pears,And we gave her all our money but our subway fares.In one to two sentences, explain how the repeated lines contribute to the overall meaning of the poem.(2 points)

Answer 1

Shorter and like an 8th grader wrote it