Question 5 • (OC27) ENG 4-1001400-S2-VRobinson-VOL7006P
Read the poem "City Trees" by Edna St. Vincent Millay.The trees along this city street,Save for the traffic and the trains,Would make a sound as thin and sweetAs trees in country lanes. And people standing in their shadeOut of a shower, undoubtedlyWould hear such music as is madeUpon a country tree. Oh, little leaves that are so dumbAgainst the shrieking city air,I watch you when the wind has come,—I know what sound is there.What is the central idea of this poem?
Answer
A
City trees cannot compete with the beauty of trees in the country.
B
People in cities do not realize that their landscape needs trees.
C
City trees make sounds that cannot be heard above the commotion.
D
People in cities need to travel to the country to see trees blooming.
Explanation
The poem suggests that city trees would make music like country trees if traffic and trains did not drown them out. The “shrieking city air” keeps people from hearing the leaves, even though the speaker knows their sound is there. So the central idea is that city trees’ sounds cannot be heard above the commotion.
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