Question

Adapted from Transposition

by John Gould Fletcher

I am blown like a leaf
Hither and thither.
The city about me
Resolves itself into the sound of many voices
5 Rustling and fluttering
Leaves shaken by the breeze.

A million forces ignore me, I know not why.
I am in thrall with all of it and
Suddenly I feel an immense will
10 Stored up hitherto and unconscious till this instant.
Projecting my body
Across a street, in the face of all its traffic
I dart and dash but
I do not know why I go.
15 These people watch me,
I yield them my adventure.

Lazily I lounge through labyrinthine corridors,
And with eyes suddenly altered,
I peer into an office I do not know
20 And wonder at a startled face that penetrates my own.

Roses—pavement—
I will take all this city away with me—
People—uproar—the pavement jostling and flickering—
A hard-faced throng discussing me—I know them all.
25 I will take them away with me,
I insistently rob them of their essence,
I must have it all before night,
To sing amid my green.

I glide out unobservant
30 In the midst of the traffic
Blown like a leaf
Hither and thither,
Till the city resolves itself into a clamor of voices,
Crying hollowly, like the wind rustling through the forest,
35 Against the frozen house fronts
Lost in the glitter of a million movements.

How does the poet develop the narrator's point of view in the third stanza of the poem?
A. The poet describes how the narrator does not want to look around anymore.
B. The poet describes how the narrator does not work very hard.
C. The poet describes how the narrator is slowing down to focus on details.
D. The poet describes how the narrator is recognizing people he knows.

Answer 1

C. The poet describes how the narrator is slowing down to focus on details.

In the third stanza of the poem, the poet describes how the narrator "lazily" lounges through "labyrinthine corridors," and how the narrator's eyes are "suddenly altered" as he peers into an office he does not know. These details suggest that the narrator is slowing down and becoming more attentive to his surroundings, perhaps as a result of the "immense will" he felt in the previous stanza. This slowing down allows him to focus on details that he might not have noticed before, and to wonder at the "startled face" he sees in the office. Therefore, option C accurately reflects how the poet develops the narrator's point of view in the third stanza.

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Answer 2

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