Name:

Skill : Reading Poetry

The Moth
by F.A.S. Reid

Directions: Read the poem aloud, then answer the related questions.

_______ Oh, what a beautiful Moth am I!

_______ Colors so bright, and sparkling each eye,

_______ Nobody ever would guess, I ween,

_______ I once was a Caterpillar all in green.

_______ I've taken me feathers of brightest hue,

_______ With silver and gold I have decked me too:

_______ No, no! you never would guess, I ween,

_______ I once was a Caterpillar all in green.

_______ With a tardy foot no longer I crawl

_______ 'Neath the shady leaves, or on ivied wall;

_______ But, joyously floating in airy height,

_______ I wander abroad in the pale moonlight;

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Skill : Reading Poetry

_______ Or join the Elves as they dance and sing

_______ In the circle green of the fairy ring,

_______ Or tease a poor Daisy that's trying to keep

_______ Its big yellow eye from my curious peep.

_______ But sometimes I fly to a treacherous light,

_______ That mimics a star in a darkling night;

_______ And too late I learn, with my poor singed wings,

_______ The evil that want of discretion oft brings.

1. How many stanzas are there in the poem? ___________________________________

2. What is the poem about? ___________________________________________________________________

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3. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? Write letters on the lines to chart the rhyme scheme.

4. Write all the rhyming pairs from the stanza two and three.

a. ____________________ ____________________ c. ____________________ ____________________

b. ____________________ ____________________ d. ____________________ ____________________

5. The lines “But sometimes I fly to a treacherous light, That mimics a star in a darkling night”
mean:

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