Directions: Answer Each of the Following Questions Thoroughly. Your Answers Should Be

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8.06 Hardy Poems

Directions: Answer each of the following questions thoroughly. Your answers should be in complete sentences.

"Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?"

1. In stanza 1, who does the speaker think is digging on her grave?

2. Why is it not the one she thinks?

3. In stanza 2, who does the speaker think is digging on her grave?

4. Why is it not the one she thinks?

5. In stanza 3, who does the speaker think is digging on her grave?

6. Why is it not the one she thinks?

7. Who is digging on the grave? Why?

8. What is ironic about the dog burying the bone?

9. Why is this a Victorian poem?

"The Darkling Thrush"

10. What is the season?

11. How does the speaker feel about the season?

12. How does the speaker feel about the bird?

13. In the last line, what does the speaker not know?