Read this - Their Lonely Betters
As I listened from a beach-chair in the shade
To all the noises that my garden made,
It seemed to me only proper that words
Should be withheld from vegetables and birds.
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5 A robin with no Christian name ran through
The Robin-Anthem which was all it knew,
And rustling flowers for some third party waited
To say which pairs, if any, should get mated.
Not one of them was capable of lying,
10 There was not one which knew that it was dying
Or could have with a rhythm or a rhyme
Assumed responsibility for time.
Let them leave language to their lonely betters
Who count some days and long for certain letters;
15 We, too, make noises when we laugh or weep:
Words are for those with promises to keep.
1. The tone of the poem is best described as ?
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2. The poem contains an important contrast between
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3. The primary effect of lines 1-2 (“As . . . made”) in
the poem as a whole is to
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4. In the poem as a whole, the speaker suggests that
the “noises” (line 2) are
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5. 26. In line 3, “proper” is best understood to mean
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6. In line 5, “ran through” is best understood
to mean
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7. Which of the following statements is most
consistent with the idea conveyed in line 9
(“Not . . . lying”) ?
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8. The third stanza draws an implicit contrast
between the ?
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9.In the final stanza, the speaker most directly
suggests that
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10.The poem is characterized by its use of
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11.The poem as a whole is best interpreted as
suggesting that
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