Across
- 7. The poem that is chosen for the absent lady (5 words)
- 8. This day is supposed to be Mr. __'s birthday
- 10. What the furnace is burning; the body of the __
- 11. words)
- 13. race in this story.
- 14. The poet of the poem that inspired this story (2 words)
- 15. The name of the author(2 words)
- 16. The fire crackled up the stairs.It fed upon __and Matisses in the upper halls like __.(2 words)
- 20. Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, if mankind __ utterly
- 21. the type of figurative language most prevalent in the story
- 27. What popped out of the metal stand opposite the
- 28. The house was silent. (2 words)
- 29. to the distant sea
- 30. In the living room the __-__ sang(2 words)
- 32. the sink, where hot water whirled them down
- 33. And Spring herself, when she woke at __would
- 35. The type of figurative language used in #25 Down
- 38. The only spots of paint that remained on the
- 40. slammed, no carpets took the soft thread
- 41. But the gods had gone away, and the ritual of
- 42. The pink-eyed mysterious invaders which came
- 44. It prepared a wonderful breakfast for no one; the__ __ (2 words)
- 45. At eight-thirty the eggs __ (shrunk and dried-up) and the toast was like stone.
Down
- 1. The kind of imagery used in # 31 across
- 2. (fireplace); a lit __
- 3. An aluminum wedge scraped them (the eggs)
- 4. their burrows; tiny __ __ to clean up any mess(2 words)
- 5. And not one will know of the __, not one, will
- 6. the type of figurative language used in #27 across
- 9. "__. __, which poem would you like this
- 12. know that we were __. (2 words)
- 17. the ruined city gave off a __ glow, which could be seen for miles
- 18. the __ __ on the front door sang quietly: "Rain, rain, go away; rubbers, raincoats for today (2 words)
- 19. __ continued senselessly, uselessly
- 22. Eight-one, tick-tock, eight-one o'clock, off to school,off to work, run, run, eight-one! But no
- 23. metal __ which digested and flushed them
- 24. The front door recognized the __ __ and
- 25. A __ war probably caused the annihilation of the
- 26. Behind the door the stove was making __ which filled the house with a rich baked odor and the scent of __ __. (3 words)
- 27. A falling tree bough crashed through the kitchen window, __ __, bottled, shattered over the stove. (2 words)
- 31. the clock ticked on, repeating and repeating its sounds into the __ (desolation)
- 34. In the cellar, the __ (furnace) glowed suddenly and a whirl of sparks leaped up the chimney
- 36. at last when it is __(2 words)
- 37. __ __. (2 words)
- 39. The two questions that the house asked anything that passed by; "__ __ __?" and "What's the
- 43. (2 words)
- 44. house; the deceased __
