Question
cobwebs (45- 46)
2. Which two lines from the poem best support the idea that the speaker views himself as
similar to the boy he pictures playing in the trees?
A. One by one he subdued his father's trees / By riding them down over and over again (
30)
B. Then he flung outward, feet first, with a swish, / Kicking his way down through the a
the ground. (40-41)
C. So was I once myself a swinger of birches. / And so I dream of going back to be. (4.
/ And then come back to it and begin over. (4
Answer
C. So was I once myself a swinger of birches. / And so I dream of going back to be. (45-46) best supports the idea that the speaker views himself as similar to the boy he pictures playing in the trees.