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The Squirrel: Poem Analysis and Q&A

The poem describes the life of a red squirrel. It lives in the trees of green summer woods, eating young pine cones and nuts. When summer ends, the squirrel stores nuts in a hole in a tree to survive the winter. During the cold winter months when food is scarce, the squirrel stays warm and content in its nest, living off its stored nuts, while the outside air is sharp and biting.

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The Squirrel: Poem Analysis and Q&A

The poem describes the life of a red squirrel. It lives in the trees of green summer woods, eating young pine cones and nuts. When summer ends, the squirrel stores nuts in a hole in a tree to survive the winter. During the cold winter months when food is scarce, the squirrel stays warm and content in its nest, living off its stored nuts, while the outside air is sharp and biting.

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R ead this poem carefully and answer the questions that follow.

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The pretty red squirrel lives up in a tree.


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t. dwells in the boughs where the stock-dove broods.
nar. in the shades of the green summer woods:

Uis lood is the young juicy cones oI the pine.

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nnA thus he lives the long summer through.
Wittrout a care or a thought of sorow.
eut small as he is. he knows he may want
tn the bleak winter weather. when food is scant:
s" he finds a hole in an old tree's core.
nnO there makes his nest and lays up his slore:
fnen when cold winter comes and the trees are bare.
When the white snow is falling and keen is the air.
H. heeds it not. as he sits by himsell
ln his warm little nest. with his nuts on his shelf.
O wise little squinel! no wonder that he.
tn the green summer woods. is as blithe as can be!

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The squirrel in the poem lives where?


What two things does the squirrel

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Where does the squirrel lay up his winter store?

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Why does the squirrel seem happier than other creatures during the winter?

Explain the phrase'keen is the air'.

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