Question
To make a praifle by Emily Dickinson
To make a prairie it takes a clover
and one bee, -
One clover, and a bee,
And revery.*
The revery alone will do
If bees are few
Which of the following is the most plausible explanation for how the structure
of the poem contributes to its meaning?
* Revery is an old-fashioned spelling of the word reverie, meaning daydream.
A. The epic length of each stanza suggests the simplicity of life on
the open prairie without the cares of the city.
B. The rhyming of bee with "revery" uses a lyric strategy to depict
the way that pests are capable of interfering with one's
daydreams.
C. Pairing the clover and bee in one line is an epic characteristic that
shows the way nature's elements are helpless without one
another
D. The repetition of a few key words conveys how easy it is to spark
the imagination
Answer
D. The repetition of a few key words conveys how easy it is to spark the imagination.