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"The Old Swimmin’ Hole" by James Whitcomb Riley

The swimming hole has changed over time. Which three of these lines from the poem best illustrate that change?

Choose one answer from each group. Type the LETTER ONLY for each answer in the correct blank.

Type A, B, or C for Blank 1.

How plesant was the jurney down the old dusty lane,
Whare the tracks of our bare feet was all printed so plane

But the lost joys is past! Let your tears in sorrow roll
Like the rain that ust to dapple up the old swimmin’–hole

When I ust to lean above it on the old sickamore,
Oh! it showed me a face in its warm sunny tide

Type E, F, or G for Blank 2.
It made me love myself, as I leaped to caress
My shadder smilin' up at me with sich tenderness.

And it mottled the worter with amber and gold
Tel the glad lilies rocked in the ripples that rolled;

And I stray down the banks whare the trees ust to be –
But never again will theyr shade shelter me!

Type H, I, or J for Blank 3.
And the sunshine and shadder fell over it all;
And it mottled the worter with amber and gold

There the bullrushes growed, and the cattails so tall,
And the sunshine and shadder fell over it all;

The bridge of the railroad now crosses the spot
Whare the old divin'-log lays sunk and fergot.

Answer 1

Blank 1 B. Oh! the old swimmin'-hole!

In the happy days of yore, When I ust to lean above it on the old

sickamore

This is a recollection of happy days when he leaned above the swimming hole and was happy doing it. The A and C options are melancholic statements that those days are gone forever.

Blank 2 - G. How plesant was the jurney down the old dusty lane,

Where the tracks of our bare feet was

all printed so plane The E option is another lament over the past. The G option is more or less neutral description of an event.

Blank 3 - J. It made me love myself, as I leaped to caress

My shadder smilin' up at me with sich

tenderness

In these lines, the speaker remembers one segment of his maturation, as his self-awareness was developing.