Question 11
EasyOriginal questionDay by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running stream.
In big black letters I write my name on them and the name of the village where I live.
I hope that someone in some strange land will find them and know who I am.
I load my little boats with flowers from our garden, and hope that these blooms of the dawn will be carried safely to land in the night.
I my paper boats and look up into the sky and see the little clouds setting their white sails.
I know not what playmate of mine in the sky sends them down the air to race with my boats!
When night comes I bury my face in my arms and dream that my paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars.
The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the is their baskets full of dreams.
Who is the speaker in the poem?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: D
Explanation
The speaker floats paper boats, writes his name and village on them, and dreams of fairies of sleep.
These are the thoughts and games of a child.
Worth noting
The fairies appear in the child's dream at the end; they are not the speaker.
- Concept
- Identifying the speaker of a poem
- Typical timeTypical
- 40 s
- Your timeYours
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