Part A What is a theme of the poem "The Dragonfly"? Be wary of things that can hurt you. Don't waste time on things that don't matter. Nature provides a spectacle of wonder. Take time to enjoy the world around you. Question 2 Part B How does Louise Bogan develop the theme identified in Part A? She suggests spending summer days looking for dragonflies. She describes how dragonflies prefer to be in motion instead of stopping. She uses imagery to describe in detail how dragonflies look and act. She explains how dragonflies escape their predators.

Read the following passage: he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, and objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue— but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. the once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance. there were times, indeed, when i thought his unceasingly agitated mind was laboring with some oppressive secret, to divulge which he struggled for the necessary courage. which of the above ideas might be considered foreshadowing? he is wandering all over the chamber his skin tone is really pale his voice is quivering the narrator thinks he is laboring with an oppressive secret