Question

Read the excerpt from the poem "Barbara Frietchie.”

He glanced: the old flag met his sight.

What do the action words in this sentence tell the reader?

The flag appeared old when looked at carefully.
The man looked quickly and saw a flag.
The flag was hidden from view for several minutes.
The man looked for a long time until finding the flag.

Answer 1

B). The man looked quickly and saw a flag.

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Answer 2

The man looked quickly and saw a flag.

Step-by-step explanation:

To glance means to take a brief and quick look at something. As the line says that man “glanced”, this means he quickly looked. “The old flag met his sight” means that when he took that quick look, he saw the flag.

He did not look at it carefully or for a long time as the line does not suggest that and that is not the meaning of the word. There is also nothing to suggest it was hidden and couldn’t be seen.