Question

guided practice
the oven-bird
by robert frost
there is a singer everyone has heard,
loud, a mid-summer and a mid-wood bird,
who makes the solid tree trunks sound again.
he says that leaves are old and that for flowers
mid-summer is to spring as one to ten.
he says the early petal-fall is past
when pear and cherry bloom went down in showers
on sunny days a moment overcast;
and comes that other fall we name the fall.
he says the highway dust is over all.
the bird would cease and be as other birds
but that he knows in singing not to sing.
the question that he frames in all but words
is what to make of a diminished thing.
1 an ovenbird or oven-bird is a small bird in the warbler family that lives in north, central,
and south america.
read the staar question. then choose the correct phrase to
complete the sentence.
from the poems last four lines, the reader can infer a theme
exploring -
to answer this staar question, i should recognize that the theme
choose...
will not be stated directly
will not be related to the birds song
read lines 1-5 in the poem \the oven-bird.\ select two lines
that tell the meaning of the first song that the bird is singing.
there is a singer everyone has heard,
loud, a mid-summer and a mid-wood bird,
who makes the solid tree trunks sound again.
he says that leaves are old and that for flowers

Explanation:

In literature, themes are often not explicitly stated but rather inferred from the text. In poetry, the poet uses imagery, symbols, and language to convey deeper meanings. The first part of the question about the theme being inferred aligns with the literary concept that themes are not directly stated. For the second part, analyzing lines 1 - 5, the lines "He says that leaves are old and that for flowers Mid - summer is to spring as one to ten" explain the meaning of the bird's first song. The bird is using its song (by "saying") to describe the state of nature (old leaves, the relationship between mid - summer and spring in terms of flower abundance).

Answer:

1. For the first dropdown: "will not be stated directly"
2. For the line selection: "He says that leaves are old and that for flowers" and "Mid - summer is to spring as one to ten"