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1. 1.

   Complete these sentences.

   1. In the month of June, the east wind _________________________.
   2. When the crowds of flowers come out, they _________________________.
   3. The speaker imagines that all year, the flowers _________________________.
   4. The speaker imagines that the flower children's home _________________________.
   5. The flower children raise their hands to _________________________.
2. 2.

   Mother, I really think the flowers go to school underground.

   1. Why does the speaker think that the flowers go to school underground?
   2. According to the speaker, what do the flowers do in their school?
   3. According to the speaker, when do the flowers have their holidays?
3. 3.

   ...and the flower children rush out in dresses of pink and yellow and white"

   1. Where do the flower children rush out to?
   2. How does the poet describe this place? What is happening here?
   3. How does the poet's description make you feel?
4. 4.

   Do you get the feeling too that the flowers 'dance upon the grass in wild glee' during a storm? Why or why not?

5. 5.

   Find any two example of personification in the poem.

6. 6.

   Make sentences with these onomatopoeic words.

   1. sizzle
   2. cackle
   3. murmur
   4. gurgle
   5. whistle