Question

read the poem. there are several questions about this poem.
there are 52 lines in this poem. the poem is numbered every 5 lines.
nursery rhyme
shut your eyes then
and let us slip
out of the city rain
into a special ship,
call her the pilgrim,
set sail and go
over the world’s rim
to where rousseau
discovered a jungle
of indigo trees,
a marvelous tangle:
precise oranges,
tigers with dreaming eyes,
larger and larger flowers,
leaves of gigantic size —
wander for hours
under a crimson sun
in a pale milky sky
with a vermilion
lizard near - by,
and over it all
the strangeness that hovers
like a green pall,
envelopes and covers
in a warm still suspense
select two statements that best describe how rousseau contributes to events in the poem.

1. he draws the speaker and listener as figures in his jungle art.
2. he explores the jungle to discover unusual plants and animals.
3. he spies on the speaker and listener to learn the motives for their visit.
4. he celebrates the fulfilment of his dream to have people visit his jungle.
5. he is responsible for creating the world that the speaker and listener visit.

Explanation:

• For statement 4: The poem implies a journey to Rousseau's discovered jungle, and "celebrates the fulfilment of his dream to have people visit his jungle" aligns with the idea of people visiting the jungle he discovered.
• For statement 5: The lines "To where Rousseau / Discovered a jungle" show that Rousseau is the one who found (created in terms of making it a place to visit) the jungle world the speaker and listener visit.
• Statement 1: There's no mention of him drawing the speaker and listener.
• Statement 2: The poem focuses on the speaker and listener visiting the jungle, not Rousseau exploring it now.
• Statement 3: No spying is mentioned.

Answer:

1. He celebrates the fulfilment of his dream to have people visit his jungle.
2. He is responsible for creating the world that the speaker and listener visit.