Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. The streets themselves, and the façades of houses, and goods in the windows, Vehicles, teams, the heavy-plank’d wharves—the huge crossing at the ferries, The village on the highland, seen from afar at sunset—the river between, Shadows, aureola and mist, the light falling on roofs and gables of white or brown, three miles off, The schooner near by, sleepily dropping down the tide—the little boat slack-tow’d astern, The tone of this excerpt from “There Was a Child Went Forth” can be described as _____. Select all that apply. distant observant personal tragic

Answer 1

the correct answer is observant

Answer 2

observant

This entire excerpt is a description of what the speaker is observing about the setting. He lists all of the different things that he can see such as the streets, houses, and vehicles. He also talks about things he can see that are a little farther off such as the village, the river, and the schooner bobbing on the tide. There is no feeling that there is something tragic happening or personal from this excerpt. Even though the speaker is distant from some of the things he sees, he's still describing things he is seeing which makes observant a better fit for the tone.