"The Silken Tent" by Robert Frost

1     She is as in a field a silken tent

2     At midday when a sunny summer breeze

3     Has dried the dew and all its ropes relent,

4     So that in guys it gently sways at ease,

5     And its supporting central cedar pole,

6     That is its pinnacle to heavenward

7     And signifies the sureness of the soul,

8     Seems to owe naught to any single cord,

9     But strictly held by none, is loosely bound

10   By countless silken ties of love and thought

11   To everything on earth the compass round,

12   And only by one's going slightly taut

13   In the capriciousness of summer air

A.  sinister sounds suggesting a spider
B.  the sound of a gentle breeze
C.  whispering gossip about the woman
D.  the rustle of leaves

16.  Repeating l sounds in lines 9 - 10 calls attention to these lines because the lines

A.  tell that her ties are voluntary
B.  personify the tent
C.  enhance the contrast started by but
D.  all of the above

17.  In the first four lines, the sound of long e repeats in she, field, sunny, breeze, gently, and ease. Linking these words with the e sound says the woman