"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.  a forest

B.  stubbornness

C.  inner security

D.  a telephone pole

22.  The symbol of the cedar pole is emphasized by

A.  the speaker's direct explanation

B.  the rhyme of pole and soul

C.  the repeating s sounds in its, supporting and central