The Clod and the Pebble by William Blake (text and explanation)

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  The Clod and the Pebble By William Blake   'Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a heaven in hell's despair.' So sung a little clod of clay, Trodden with the cattle's feet; But a pebble of the brook Warbled out these meters meet: 'Love seeketh only Self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a hell in heaven's despite.' The poem was first published in William Blake’s collection of poems “Songs of Experience” in 1794. The poem contrasts two opposing views on love, represented by a soft clod of clay and a hard pebble. The clod represents the more optimistic and perhaps a naive perspective, which views love as a kind of radical selflessness and the willingness to sacrifice. On the other hand, the pebble declares love as pure selfishness. However, the poet does not validate any of the two view points and leaves it to th
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It's Country for me by Patricia Demuth

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It’s country for me
   By Patricia Demuth

1. Joel is the youngest among Ed and Betty Holland’s ___________children.
(a)  Eight (b) Five (c) six (d) Four
2. What is the name of Joel’s sister? ____________
(a) Stacey (b) Marty (c) Martha (d) Kathy
3. This year Kevin, twenty-two, will graduate from college in ____________.
(a) Illinois (b) Chicago (c) New York (d) California
4. Joel’s sister is a ___________ nun.
(a) Protestant (b) Catholic (c) Roman Catholic (d) Conservative
5. According to _________ farming is a good independent life.
(a) Kevin (b) Kathy (c) Bill (d) Terry
6. F.D.R. stands for ___________.
(a) Franklin Delano Robert (b) Frank D Roosevelt (c) Freddy De Roosevelt (d) Franklin Delano Roosevelt
7. The only time Joel minds doing farm work is during ______________.
(a) Early Spring (b) Winter (c) Rainy season (d) Summer
8. If Joel had to live in the city for a year, he would mostly miss, _______________.
(a)The Farm (b) The Land (c) The Animals (d) The Home
9. Joel hunts deer and traps wildlife in the fall, and _____________ in the winter.
(a) Snowmobiles (b) Skates (c) Catches fish (d) Camps
10. More than the bother, Joel hates the _______________.
(a) Ugliness (b) Snow (c) Rains (d) Mud
11. During early spring, melting of snow and daily rains turn the farmyard into a _____________.
(a) Pool (b) Swamp (c) Quagmire (d) Marsh
12. Mud sucks at his boots making walking itself a ___________ chore.
(a) Wearisome (b) Tiresome (c) Boring (d) Tedious
13. It’s country for me is written by ____________.
(a) Marta Salinas (b) Floyd Dell (c) Patricia Demuth (d) Ed Holland
14. A dim crescent moon hung low over the east __________.
(a) Hayfield (b) Corn Fields (c) Barren Fields (d) Oat Fields
15. He know­­­­s how to take care for the animals they ____________.
(a) Raise (b) Shelter (c) Lodge (d) Breed
16. The rich, black soil has been pamperd by Hollands for over ________ years.
(a) 100 (b) 140 (c) 110 (d) 120
17. Joel is ________ years old.
(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) 16
18. The land Joel help his family farm was bought in ______ by his great-great grandfather.
(a) 1760 (b) 1860 (c) 1850 (d) 1740
19. James Holland was an _______ immigrant.
(a) Irish (b) British (c) French (d) American

20. The Hollands operate a ____________ farm, typical of many in the Corn Belt.
(a) Independent (b) Self-sufficient (c) Country (d) Large
21. Only Joel and his brother ________ still live at home.
(a) Bill (b) Terry (c) Marty(d) Kevin
22. The Hollands _______ virtually all the food their animals need.
(a) Buy (b) Grow (c) Gather (d) Barter
23. Replenish means ___________.
(a) to make full again (b) To purchase (c) To rent (d) To give advice
24. Joel is always extremely alert and __________ like a cat.
(a) Careful (b) Cautious (c) Watchful (d) Vigilant
25. They sell the________, though most of their money comes from selling the animals themselves.
(a) Oats (b) Spare (c) Corn (d) Surplus
26. The ________ are boot work, hard, heavy and sometimes dirty.
(a) Chores (b) Farm Operations (c) Class Works (d) Feeding and Caring Animals
27. Bill and Terry _______ neighboring farms.
(a) Work on (b) Own (c) Rent (d) Look After
28. Kathy says that she would give anything to be _________ instead.
(a) Farming (b) Ploughing (c) Working (d) Studying
29. Joel uses his youthful energy _____________.
(a) Indiscriminately (b) Willfully (c) Indolently (d) Blindly
30. Betty says that if she had to describe Joel in one word, it would be___________.
(a) Zest (b) Enthusiasm (c) Both a & d (d) Zeal





























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