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FromTheMoon [43]
3 years ago
6

"The Old Swimmin’ Hole" by James Whitcomb Riley

English
1 answer:
d1i1m1o1n [39]3 years ago
8 0

The answer for Blank 1 is  

B) When I ust to lean above it on the old sickamore,

Oh! it showed me a face in its warm sunny tide

(These lines talk about the connection with nature in a very sensitive and emotional way)

 

Incorrect options:  

C) But never again will theyr shade shelter me!

And I wish in my sorrow I could strip to the soul,

(These lines talk about the suffering of not having that interaction with nature anymore and how it affects the writer)

 

D) But the lost joys is past! Let your tears in sorrow roll

Like the rain that ust to dapple up the old swimmin’–hole.

(These lines talk about the acceptance of lost even through the immense pain)

The answer for Blank 2 is.  

G) How plesant was the jurney down the old dusty lane,

Whare the tracks of our bare feet was all printed so plane

(These lines talk about a happy feeling that the writer felt towards this place and brings back all the emotion for nature)


Incorrect options:

E) The bridge of the railroad now crosses the spot

Whare the old divin'-log lays sunk and fergot.

(These lines talk about how the all place has changed and it makes a comparison)

F) But the merry days of youth is beyond our controle,

And it's hard to part ferever with the old swimmin’–hole.

(These lines talk about how the writer has to leave all in the past because is not up to him to rescue the old place)

 

The answer for Blank 3 is.

J) Whare the old divin'-log lays sunk and fergot.

And I stray down the banks whare the trees ust to be –

(These lines talk about how the writer would like to be right were the nature he loved used to be to feel that he is part of it)

Incorrect options:

H) And the sunshine and shadder fell over it all;

And it mottled the worter with amber and gold

(These lines talk about a very romantic description of the landscape, even when it shows a deep love for nature doesn't the level of connection we can notice in letter J)

 

I) The scene was all changed, like the change in my face;

The bridge of the railroad now crosses the spot

(These lines makes a comparison of past and present)

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