From The Village Blacksmith Which statement best describes a way that the passage
is different from the poem?
Under a spreading chestnut-tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
with large and sinewy hands;
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.
O 1. Specific details in the passage create a vivid
picture for the reader.
2. The point of view in the passage reveals the
Inner thoughts of the narrator.
His hair is crisp, and black, and long,
His face is like the tan;
His brow is wet with honest sweat,
He earns whate'er he can,
03. The use of past tense in the passage suggests
that the narrator is unreliable.
04. Comparison is used in the passage to help the
reader Imagine physical features.
(from "The Village Blacksmith" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
from My Antonia
At that moment the father came out of the hole in the bank. He wore no hat,
and his thick, Iron-gray hair was brushed straight back from his forehead. It was so
long that it bushed out behind his ears, and made him look like the old portraits
remembered in Virginia. He was tall and slender, and his thin shoulders stooped. He
looked at us understandingly, then took grandmother's hand and bent over it. I
noticed how white and well-shaped his own hands were. They looked calm,
somehow, and skilled.