from “A Bird Came Down the Walk”
by Emily Dickinson
1 A bird came down the walk:
2 He did not know I saw;
3 He bit an angle-worm in halves
4 And ate the fellow, raw.
5 And then he drank a dew
6 From a convenient grass,
7 And then hopped sidewise to the wall
8 To let a beetle pass.
Which of the following is the best paraphrase of lines 5 and 6? (1 point)
A bird was thirsty, so it drank some water.********
The grass was wet from rain water, so a bird decided to drink some of it.
Conveniently, there was dewy grass.
A bird drank a drop of water from a nearby blade of grass
well I was choosing between a and b or c
Answers
I think it’s b, idk
I agree I also think it is B, Thx btw!
To determine the best paraphrase of lines 5 and 6 of the poem "A Bird Came Down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson, let's analyze the lines and the options provided.
Lines 5 and 6 state:
5 And then he drank a dew
6 From a convenient grass,
The options provided are:
A. A bird was thirsty, so it drank some water.
B. The grass was wet from rain water, so a bird decided to drink some of it.
C. Conveniently, there was dewy grass.
D. A bird drank a drop of water from a nearby blade of grass.
To paraphrase lines 5 and 6, we can conclude that the bird consumed dew from a specific blade of grass. Looking at the options, the best paraphrase is "A bird drank a drop of water from a nearby blade of grass" (option D).
Explanation: Line 5 says, "And then he drank a dew," indicating that the bird drank something. Line 6 states, "From a convenient grass," implying that the bird drank the dew from a blade of grass nearby. Therefore, the most accurate paraphrase is option D.
Does “thirsty” appear in those 2 lines?
Is dew the same as rain water?
C says nothing about the bird drinking from the grass.
Read and reread those two lines, and then chose the one that is closest to them.