Question

read the poem. there are several questions about this poem.
nursery rhyme
shut your eyes then
and let us slip
out of the city rain
into a special ship,
call her the pilgrim,
set sail and go
over the worlds rim
to where rousseau
discovered a jungle
of indigo trees,
a marvelous tangle:
precise oranges,
tigers with dreaming eyes,
larger and larger flowers,
leaves of gigantic size —
wander for hours
under a crimson sun
in a pale milky sky
with a vermilion
lizard near by.
and over it all
the strangeness that hovers
like a green pall,
envelopes and covers
which statement best describes how the speaker and listener interact in the
poem?

1. while traveling, the speaker and listener dream about spending many

happy hours examining one of rousseaus paintings.

1. as good friends, the speaker and listener enjoy looking at paintings and

pretending that they are living in rousseaus world.

1. in their imaginations, the speaker and listener immerse themselves in

rousseaus world and feel included in one of his paintings.

1. using their experience as artists, the speaker and listener describe the

aspects of rousseaus art that make his paintings appealing.
part b
which excerpt from the poem best supports the correct answer from part a?

1. \and let us slip

out of the city rain\ (lines 2 - 3)

1. \wander for hours

under a crimson sun
in a pale milky sky\ (lines 16 - 18)

Explanation:

For Part A: The poem describes an imaginative journey where the speaker and listener immerse themselves in a world like Rousseau's paintings. Option 3 aligns with this as it mentions immersion in imagination. For Part B: The lines "Wander for hours Under a crimson sun In a pale milky sky" show the immersive, imaginative wandering which supports the idea of being in an imagined world (Part A - Option 3).

Answer:

Part A: 3. In their Imaginations, the speaker and listener Immerse themselves in Rousseau's world and feel included in one of his paintings.
Part B: 2. "Wander for hours Under a crimson sun In a pale milky sky" (Lines 16 - 18)