apparently with no surprise
2. �How are the flower, the frost, and the sun personified in this poem? What kind of person does each seem to be compared to?
3. �A pun is a play on words, based on the multiple meanings of a single word or on words that sound alike but mean different things. What pun do you find in line 6? How would you explain it?
4. �According to the speaker, how does God feel about the flower's beheading? How do you think the speaker feels?
5. �What word would you use to describe the tone of this poem: optimistic, pessimistic, awed, defiant? Be sure to find details in the poem to support your response.
6. �How does this speaker's attitude toward nature differ from Emerson's attitude in the excerpt from his essay Nature ? Explain.�
7. �What is the theme of this poem? Do you find the theme shocking, reassuring, or something else? Explain