A Narrow Fellow In The Grass

Question 1

STANZA 2- the grass…further on

Answer 1

The grass divides as with a comb,
A spotted shaft is seen;
And then it closes at your feet
And opens further on.

Question 2

3- he likes…at noon

Answer 2

He likes a boggy acre,
A floor too cool for corn.
Yet when a boy, and barefoot,
I more than once, at noon,

Question 3

4- have passed…and was gone

Answer 3

Have passed, I thought, a whiplash
Unbraiding in the sun;
When, stooping to secure it,
It wrinkled and was gone.

Question 4

5- several…of cordiality

Answer 4

Several of nature’s people
I know, and they know me;
I feel for them a transport
Of cordiality,

Question 5

Final stanza - but never met…at the bone

Answer 5

But never met this fellow,
Attended or alone,
Without a tighter breathing
And zero at the bone.

Question 6

A narrow

Answer 6

fellow in the grass / Occassionally rides.

Question 7

You

Answer 7

may have met him - did you not?

Question 8

His notice

Answer 8

sudden is.

Question 9

The grass

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divides as with a Comb,

Question 10

A spotted

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shaft is seen;

Question 11

And then it closes

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At your feet / and opens further on

Question 12

He likes

Answer 12

a Boggy Acre

Question 13

A floor

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too cool for corn

Question 14

Yet when

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a boy, and barefoot

Question 15

I more

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than once, at noon,

Question 16

Have passed,

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I thought, a Whiplash

Question 17

Unbraiding

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in the sun

Question 18

When , stooping to

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secure it, it wrinkled and was gone

Question 19

Several

Answer 19

of natures people

Question 20

I know,

Answer 20

and they know me

Question 21

I feel

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for them a transport, of cordiality

Question 22

But never

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Met this fellow

Question 23

Attended

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or alone,

Question 24

Without

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a tighter breathing

Question 25

And zero

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at the bone

Question 26

Stanza 1 - a narrow…sudden is

Answer 26

A narrow fellow in the grass
Occasionally rides.
You may have met him, — did you not?
His notice sudden is.