Read the following poem and answer the THREE questions that follow it.

1. What is the effect of the different number of syllables in each line?

A. It conveys the wonder and emotions of a free spirit unleashed by art.

B. The similar number of syllables shows a harmony in nature and relaxes the reader.

C. It brings a musical quality to the sound of nature, repeating and endless.

D. It conveys the feeling of experiencing the beginning and ending of a rainstorm.

2. Who or what is the boldest as expressed by the speaker?

A.birds

B. cars

C. people

D. thunder

3. Lines 6, 7, and 8 imply that ____.

A. nature is a woman

B. nature is good

C. time and nature correlate together

D. all of these

1. C. It brings a musical quality to the sound of nature, repeating and endless.

2. D. thunder
3. C. time and nature correlate together