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The Old Oaken Bucket

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  • 1. Multiple Choice
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    Which statement BEST describes how the second stanza of the poem contributes to its overall meaning?

    It contrasts the battered old bucket with the surrounding beauty of nature.

    It develops the setting by listing the different features of the family's farm.

    It provides detailed information about how to operate an old-fashioned well.

    It describes the speaker's fond memories of drawing water from the well.

  • 2. Multiple Choice
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    Read line 17 from the poem.


    Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing,


    What does the "emblem of truth" in this line refer to?

    the deep stone well

    the old wooden bucket

    the well's white pebbles

    the water from the well

  • 3. Multiple Choice
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    Read these lines from the poem.


    And now, far removed from the loved situation,

    The tear of regret will intrusively swell,

    As fancy reverts to my father's plantation,

    And sighs for the bucket which hangs in the well;


    Why does the speaker in the poem most likely sigh?

    The speaker is thirsty for a drink of water.

    The speaker feels tired from pulling up the bucket.

    The speaker is deeply touched remembering the old bucket.

    The speaker wishes the old bucket was in better shape.

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