Read the poem "The Wind’s Visit" by Emily Dickinson.The wind tapped like a tired man,And like a host, "Come in,"I boldly answered; entered thenMy residence within A rapid, footless guest,To offer whom a chairWere as impossible as handA sofa to the air. No bone had he to bind him,His speech was like the pushOf numerous humming-birds at onceFrom a superior bush.His countenance a billow,His fingers, if he pass,Let go a music, as of tunesBlown tremulous in glass. He visited, still flitting;Then, like a timid man,Again he tapped—'t was flurriedly—Dickinson’s use of figurative language in this poem expresses the idea that
Answer
A
the speaker is worried about the wind’s damaging power.
B
the speaker is frightened by the wind’s ghostlike appearance.
C
the speaker dislikes visits from unwanted guests.
D
the speaker enjoys this unexpected visit from the wind.
Explanation
Dickinson describes the wind as a guest who taps, enters, and makes music as it moves, turning an ordinary gust into a lively visitor. The speaker boldly welcomes it and portrays its visit with playful, imaginative details rather than fear or annoyance. So the figurative language suggests that the speaker enjoys the wind’s unexpected visit; choice D is correct.
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