TEXT B Where the Pavement Ends by XXXX Silverstein

There is a place where the pavement ends
And before the road begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.

This place where the smoke blows black
And the dark road winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the road ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the pavement ends.








B1. What does the word “white” in the first stanza rhyme with? [1 mark]
Black
Flight
Ends
Pavement

B2. Which of these is an example of alliteration? [1 mark]
Blows black
Winds and bends
Measured and slow
Chalk-white arrows


B3. Compare the poet’s descriptions in the first stanza with the descriptions in the second stanza of the poem. [2 marks]
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