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    The poem describes a scarecrow standing in a field throughout the changing seasons. In winter, the scarecrow endures harsh weather like driving rain and snow. When spring comes, the scarecrow feels joy as nature comes alive with buds, dew, and the arrival of birds. As the field turns from snow-covered to a sea of wheat, the scarecrow watches over the crop, keeping crows and other birds away to protect the harvest.

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    The poem describes a scarecrow standing in a field throughout the changing seasons. In winter, the scarecrow endures harsh weather like driving rain and snow. When spring comes, the scarecrow feels joy as nature comes alive with buds, dew, and the arrival of birds. As the field turns from snow-covered to a sea of wheat, the scarecrow watches over the crop, keeping crows and other birds away to protect the harvest.

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    The Scarecrow: by Walter de La Mare

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    Rachel Bartolo
    The poem describes a scarecrow standing in a field throughout the changing seasons. In winter, the scarecrow endures harsh weather like driving rain and snow. When spring comes, the scarecrow feels joy as nature comes alive with buds, dew, and the arrival of birds. As the field turns from snow-covered to a sea of wheat, the scarecrow watches over the crop, keeping crows and other birds away to protect the harvest.

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    Name: ……………………………………………… Class: ………………………

    Unit: 4 Date: ………………………

    The Scarecrow
    by Walter de la Mare

    All winter through I bow my head


    beneath the driving rain;
    the North Wind powders me with snow
    and blows me black again;
    at midnight 'neath a maze of stars
    I flame with glittering rime,
    and stand, above the stubble, stiff
    as mail on morning-prime.
    But when the child called Spring, and all
    his host of children, come,
    scattering their buds and dew upon
    these acres of my home.
    some rapture in my rags awakes;
    I lift void eyes and scan
    the skies for crows, those ravening foes
    of my strange master, Man.
    I watch him striding lank behind
    his clashing team, and know
    soon will the wheat swish body high
    where once lay sterile snow;
    soon shall I gaze across a sea
    of sun-begotten grain,
    which my unflinching watch hat sealed
    for harvest once again.

    A. Find words from the poem which mean the same as the following: (5 marks)

    1. a great number
    2. frost formed from cloud or fog
    3. cut stalks of hay left after harvest
    4. throwing here and there
    5. an area of land
    6. joy
    7. empty
    8. tall and lean
    9. barren, unproductive
    10. constant
    B. Now answer all questions.

    1. The scarecrow is described as if it were a _______________. This figure of speech


    is called a _______________. (2 marks)
    2. Find three phrases from the poem where the scarecrow speaks as a living person.
    (3 marks)
    ________________________________________________________________

    ________________________________________________________________

    ________________________________________________________________

    3. From the poem find: (5 marks)


    a. two examples of alliteration:
    ________________________________________________________________

    ________________________________________________________________

    b. two examples of assonance:


    ________________________________________________________________

    ________________________________________________________________

    c. an example of a metaphor:
    ________________________________________________________________

    4. The word ‘swish’ is used to describe the wheat. This is an ___________________.


    (1 mark)

    5. What two scenes of the field are contrasted in the following lines: (2 marks)
    ‘soon will the wheat swish body high
    where once lay sterile snow;
    soon shall I gaze across a sea
    of sun-begotten grain,’
    ________________________________________________________________

    ________________________________________________________________

    6. a) What is the scarecrow’s job? (1 mark)


    ________________________________________________________________

    b) In your own words describe how he does his job. (1 mark)


    ________________________________________________________________
    ANSWERS - KEY

    The Scarecrow

    A. Find words from the poem which mean the same as the following:

    1.a great number maze


    2. frost formed from cloud or fog rime
    3. cut stalks of hay left after harvest stubble
    4. throwing here and there scattering
    5. an area of land acres
    6. joy raptures
    7. empty void
    8. tall and lean lank
    9. barren, unproductive sterile
    10. constant unflinching

    1. Person/living thing, personification


    2. I bow my head, I lift my void eyes and scan, I watch him, soon shall I gaze, my unflinching
    watch
    3. a. blows me black again, stand above the stubble, stiff
    b. The North Wind powders me with snow (I sound)
    These acres of my home (o sound)
    c. a maze of stars, a sea of sun-begotten grain
    4. onomatopoeia
    5. The barren field covered in snow in winter and the field in spring full of grain ready for
    harvest
    6. Keeping crows and other birds away and he does his job thoroughly and constantly

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