Cite Text Evidence Support your responses with evidence from the text. 1. Summarize What are the primary actions that take place in each of the
three stanzas of the poem?
2. Identify Patterns Find end rhymes and other examples of repetition in
the second stanza. What effects do those forms of repetition have? Do
they emphasize a particular meaning?
3. Interpret What is the quest of Aengus in this poem?
4. Analyze What words suggest that Aengus is chanting a song?
The Song of Wandering Aengus

The persians landed in the plains near athens. as their army greatly outnumbered that of the greeks, the greeks hoped to find aid from nearby sparta. a long-distance runner named pheidippides was sent from athens to sparta to request , but the spartans were not able to send more soldiers at the time. regardless, the greeks were still able to win the battle. centuries later, legend developed that a runner had been sent from the battle to athens after the greek victory. after reaching athens, the runner proclaimed, "we are victorious! " and then fell to the ground and died. this legendary story is the inspiration for the modern long-distance runs that are performed today. this passage refers to the events of which battle during the persian wars? a. battle of thermopylae b. battle of salamis c. battle of plataea d. battle of marathon