question_answer 2)

Read the first and second stanzas of the poem again. Note the following phrases. corn growing, people working or dancing, wind sighing, rain falling, a singer chanting These could be written as • corn that is growing • people who are working or dancing Can you rewrite the other phrases like this? Why do you think the poet uses the shorter phrases?    

Answer:

Other phrases :  Wind that is sighing. Rain that is falling. Singer who is chanting. I think the poet uses the shorter phrases so that the purpose of rhyming may be fulfilled.