Question

In the poem “Barbara Frietchie,” what happened before Stonewall Jackson yelled, “Halt!”? He blushed from shame. He saw the old flag. The rifle fired. The flag fell from the staff.

Answer 1

The poem “Barbara Frietchie”, written by John Greenleaf Whittier tells the story of an elderly woman who refuses to low down her American flag when the Confederate soldiers marched in her town.

Stonewall Jackson yelled “Halt!” in the poem when he saw the old flag.

When she was in her nineties, she didn’t fear the troops of Stonewall Jackson and waved the Union flag out from her window. She is one of the central figures in the history of Frederick, Maryland.

Answer 2

B. He saw the old flag

Step-by-step explanation:

The poem reads, "Under his slouched hat left and right

He glanced: the old flag met his sight.

“Halt!”— the dust-brown ranks stood fast.

“Fire!”— out blazed the rifle-blast."

right before he says "Halt!" in the sentence before it says, "He glanced: the old flag met his sight." Therefore what happened before he yelled, "Halt!' was that he saw the old flag.