Action and Rhyme in a Poem about a Female Civil War Hero Answers

Read the excerpt from the poem "Barbara Frietchie.”Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then,Bowed with her fourscore years and ten;Bravest of all in Frederick town,She took up the flag the men hauled down;In her attic window the staff she set,To show that one heart was loyal yet.

In the poem “Barbara Frietchie,” which event happened before Barbara leaned out her window-sill?

In the poem "Barbara Frietchie,” what did Stonewall Jackson say after Barbara leaned out the window?

What is generally true about rhyming couplets in poems?

Read the excerpt from the poem "Barbara Frietchie.”Under his slouched hat left and rightHe glanced: the old flag met his sight."Halt!”— the dust-brown ranks stood fast. "Fire!”— out blazed the rifle-blast.

Read the excerpt from the poem "Barbara Frietchie.”A shade of sadness, a blush of shame,Over the face of the leader came;The nobler nature within him stirredTo life at that woman’s deed and word:"Who touches a hair of yon gray headDies like a dog! March on!” he said.

Read the excerpt from the poem "Barbara Frietchie.”He glanced: the old flag met his sight.

In the poem “Barbara Frietchie,” what happened before Stonewall Jackson yelled, “Halt!”?

In the poem “Barbara Frietchie,” what “flapped in the morning wind”?

Read the excerpt from the poem "Barbara Frietchie.”Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then,Bowed with her fourscore years and ten;Bravest of all in Frederick town,She took up the flag the men hauled down;