HSA 2007 English Item 8

Read the poem “Fireflies in the Garden.” Then answer the following:

In lines 3 and 4, the poet most likely uses the words never and never really in order to

1. suggest a conflict in the poem
2. make the lines of the poem equal in length
3. stress the inability of fireflies to shine like stars
4. describe the unimportance of fireflies in the cycle of nature