The speaker in "Birches" compares the boy's climbing to(1 point)
Responses
sweeping up broken glass.
sweeping up broken glass.
a forest full of spiderwebs.
a forest full of spiderwebs.
filling a cup to the top.
filling a cup to the top.
girls drying their hair,
girls drying their hair.
Option 3: filling a cup to the top.
To determine the correct answer to this question, we can refer to the poem "Birches" by Robert Frost. By reading the poem, we can identify the comparisons made by the speaker regarding the boy's climbing. Let's analyze each of the options provided:
1. "Sweeping up broken glass" - This comparison is not found in the poem.
2. "A forest full of spiderwebs" - This comparison is also not mentioned in the poem.
3. "Filling a cup to the top" - Again, this comparison does not appear in the poem.
4. "Girls drying their hair" - In the poem, Frost compares the boy's climbing to "girls on hands and knees that throw their hair / Before them over their heads to dry in the sun." Therefore, this is the correct answer.
By reading the poem and identifying the specific lines and imagery used by the speaker, we can ascertain that the correct comparison made in "Birches" is to girls drying their hair.