The Mushroom is the Elf of Plants - (1350)

BY EMILY DICKINSON

The Mushroom is the Elf of And fleeter than a Tare - To have it intermit -
Plants -
3 This surreptitious Scion
At Evening, it is not
’Tis Vegetation’s Juggler - Of Summer’s circumspect.
At Morning, in a Truffled Hut
The Germ of Alibi - 5
It stop opon a Spot
Doth like a Bubble antedate Had Nature any supple Face
2
And like a Bubble, hie – Or could she one contemn -
As if it tarried always
4 Had Nature an Apostate -
And yet it’s whole Career
It feel as if the Grass was That Mushroom - it is Him!
Is shorter than a Snake’s Delay - pleased

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answers in an answer sheet.
1. The Mushroom is the Elf of Plants - (1350) was written by Emily Dickinson. In what perspective was the
poem written?
a. First Person
b. Second Person
c. Third Person
d. Fourth person
2. Emily Dickinson was considered one of America's greatest and most original poets of all time. This poem
that she composed is an example of
a. Free Verse
b. Original Verse
c. Blank Verse
d. Narrative Verse
3. In what rhyme scheme is stanza 1 written?
a. A B B A
b. A A A B
c. B B B B
d. A B B B
4. Who is the speaker in the poem “The mushroom is the Elf of Plants”?
a. Emily Dickinson
b. Mushroom
c. Narrator
d. Author

For numbers 5 – 9; Refer to the stanza below and answer the following questions. Choose the letter of the best6
answer and write it on your answer sheets.

9 ’Tis Vegetation’s Juggler -

 10 The Germ of Alibi -

11 Doth like a Bubble antedate

12 And like a Bubble, hie –

5. The bold phrase in line 9 of the 3rd stanza is an example of_________________.

a. Oxymoron
b. Metonymy
c. Juxtaposition
d. Personification
6. The bold phrase in line 10 of the 3rd stanza is an example of_________________.
a. Oxymoron
b. Metonymy
c. Juxtaposition
d. Personification
7. The bold phrase in line 11 of the 3rd stanza is an example of_________________.
a. Oxymoron
b. Metonymy
c. Juxtaposition
d. Personification
8. The bold phrase in line 12 of the 3rd stanza is an example of_________________.
a. Oxymoron
b. Metonymy
c. Juxtaposition
d. Personification
9. The bold phrase in lines 12 and 12 of the 3rd stanza is an example of ________.
a. Anaphora
b. Oxymoron
c. Metonymy
d. Juxtaposition

DIRECTIONS: Choose with the best definition of the given words as used in the poem. Write your answers in the
blank provided or in your answer sheets.

9 ’Tis Vegetation’s Juggler -

10 The Germ of Alibi -

11 Doth like a Bubble antedate

12 And like a Bubble, hie –

10. The underlined word in line 9 of the 3rd stanza means _______________.
a. Start of Something
b. Leaving someone
c. Manipulating Someone
d. Before something happens
11. The underlined word in line 10 of the 3rd stanza means _______________.
a. Start of Something
 b. Leaving someone
c. Manipulating Someone
d. Before something happens
12. The underlined word in line 11 of the 3rd stanza means _______________.
a. Start of Something
b. Leaving someone
c. Manipulating Someone
d. Before something happens
13. The underlined word in line 12 of the 3rd stanza means _______________.
a. Start of Something
b. Leaving someone
c. Manipulating Someone
d. Before something happens

13 It feel as if the Grass was pleased

14 To have it intermit -

15 This surreptitious Scion

16 Of Summer’s circumspect.

14. The underlined word in line 15 of the 4th stanza means _______________.
a. Mysterious Descendant
b. Sneaky Descendant
c. Hidden Heir
d. Secretive Successor
15. The underlined word in line 16 of the 4th stanza means _______________.
a. Wary
b. Unwilling
c. Careful
d. Discreet
II. ESSAY WRITING
DIRECTIONS: In 4-5 sentences, compose an essay that consists of events that happened in real life
relating to the poem of Emily Dickinson entitled, “The mushroom is the Elf of Plant” (5pts)