Question

to make a prairie by emily dickinson to make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, - one clover, and a bee, and revery. the revery alone will do if bees are few.1 revery is an old - fashioned spelling of the word reverie, meaning daydream. 1. emily dickinson. to make a prairie, in poems, ed. mabel loomis todd (boston: roberts brothers, 1896), 119. which of the following is the most plausible explanation for how the structure of the poem contributes to its meaning? a. the poems short length conveys that it does not take a lot of imagination to create a dream. b. the rhyming of do with few is a lyric structure thats used to convey that the absence of pests, such as bees, makes daydreaming much easier. c. the prairie represents the blank slate of the imagination in an epic simile depicting a person who lacks the proper stimulation for daydreaming. d. the repetition of the word prairie is an epic characteristic thats used to suggest that nature provides a great deal of inspiration for the daydreamer.

Explanation:

The poem's short - length emphasizes that a prairie (a symbol of a large, open space) can be created in the mind with just a few simple elements (a clover, a bee, and reverie). This simplicity is reflected in the poem's brevity. Option A correctly relates the short length to the idea that it doesn't take a lot of imagination to create a mental construct like a prairie. Option B misinterprets the rhyme as being about pests; bees are not pests here. Option C's epic simile and lack of stimulation interpretation is not supported. Option D mentions an epic characteristic of repetition of "prairie" but there is no such repetition in the poem.

Answer:

A. The poem's short length conveys that it does not take a lot of imagination to create a dream.