2.2.1.5 Quiz Structure and Form "To make a prairie" by Emily Dickinson
To make a prairie it takes a clover
and one bee -
One clover, and a bee,
And revery
The revery alone will do
If bees are few
Revery is an old-fashioned spelling of the word reverie, meaning daydream.
1. Emily Dickinson 'To make a prairie, in Poorns, ed. Mabel Loomis Todd (Boston:
Roberts Brothers, 1896), 119
Which of the following is the most plausible explanation for how the structure
of the poem contributes to its meaning?
O A. The repetition of a few key words conveys how easy it is to spark
the imagination
OB. The epic length of each stanza suggests the simplicity of life on
the open prairie without the cares of the city.
O C. Pairing the clover and bee in one line is an epic characteristic that
shows the way nature's elements are helpless without one
another
O D. The rhyming of bee with "revery uses a lyric strategy to depict
the way that pests are capable of interfering with one's
daydreams
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