Literature and Art 39 



" You think I am dead," 



A soft voice said, 

 " Because not a branch or root I own ! 



I never have died, 



But close I hide 



In a plumy seed that the wind has sown. 

 Patient I wait through the long winter hours; 



You will see me again - 



I shall laugh at you then, 

 Out of the eyes of a hundred flowers." 



Edith M. Thomas. 



In the first stanza what is talking ? 

 Quote all that the tree says. 



What words in the stanza are not a part of the quotation ? 

 These words divide the quotation. 



When a quotation is divided each part is inclosed in quo- 

 tation marks. 



Find the divided quotations in the second and third 

 stanzas. 



Name all the things that make the tree seem to be dead. 



Where does the tree say it is alive ? 



What has it folded away ? Tell what it pities, and why. 



What part of the grass is safe and sound ? 



How is it protected ? When will it grow ? 



What does the grass pity, and why ? 



From what does the voice come that answers the grass ? 



When will the seeds show that they are alive ? 



Name some of the flowers that laugh at us in the spring, 

 and tell which one you like best. 



