Like one in danger; cautious,

Question

Like one in danger; cautious,

I offered him a crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home

Than oars divide the ocean,
Too silver for a seam,
Or butterflies, off banks of noon,
Leap, plashless, as they swim.

(from "In the Garden" by Emily Dickinson)

Question
Which is the purpose of the poet's use of imagery in the excerpt?

Answer options with 4 options
1.
explain how gracefully the bird flies away

2.
describe different insects that fly and swim

3.
illustrate how the butterfly leaps through the air

4.
show the bird can fly in the air and swim in the water

Answer 1

4. show the bird can fly in the air and swim in the water

Answer 2

Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous and magnificent, yet so vicious and base? He appeared at one time a mere scion of the evil principle, and at another as all that can be conceived of as noble and godlike.

Question
What word best describes the tone of this passage?

Answer options with 4 options
1.
threatening

2.
sentimental

3.
philosophical

4.
melancholy

Answer 3

3. philosophical

Answer 4

The purpose of the poet's use of imagery in the excerpt is to show how the bird can fly in the air and swim in the water. Option 4 is the correct answer.

Answer 5

The purpose of the poet's use of imagery in the excerpt is to show that the bird can fly in the air and swim in the water. The imagery of the bird unrolling its feathers and rowing itself home suggests that the bird is able to navigate both the sky and the water with ease. It compares the bird's movements to those of oars dividing the ocean and butterflies swimming off banks of noon. Therefore, option 4, "show the bird can fly in the air and swim in the water," is the correct answer.