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Meta Poetry: Poetry about Poetry

Question 2 • GA-Literature and Composition III A

Read the excerpt from "A Day for Wandering" by Clinton Scollard. I set apart a day for wandering; I heard the woodlands ring, The hidden white-throat sing, And the harmonic West, Beyond a far hill-crest,Touch its Aeolian string. “Aeolian string” refers to a harp-like instrument that plays when it is placed in the wind. Based on this definition, which statement best describes the speaker’s view of the wind?

Answer
A
The wind is distracting.
B
The wind is melodic.
C
The wind is spooky.
D
The wind is whispering.

Explanation

An Aeolian string is an instrument that makes music when the wind blows across it. The speaker describes the wind as touching this string, and the poem also mentions a woodland that “ring[s]” and a bird that sings. These musical images show that the speaker views the wind as melodic.

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