Wallace Stevens

Question 1

I
Among ________ ________ ______
The only ________ _________
Was ______ ________ _______ blackbird.

Answer 1

I
Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird.

Question 2

II
I was ______ ________ minds,
Like __ ______
In _______ _______ _______ _____ blackbirds.

Answer 2

II
I was of three minds,
Like a tree
In which there are three blackbirds.

Question 3

III
The blackbird ________ _______ ______ _____ _____
It was _______ _______ _____ of the _________.

Answer 3

III
The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.
It was a small part of the pantomime.

Question 4

IV
A \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ a \_\_\_\_\_\_  
Are \_\_\_\_\_ .   
\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_blackbird   
\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_.

Answer 4

IV
A man and a woman   
Are one.   
A man and a woman and a blackbird   
Are one.

Question 5

V
I do \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ which to \_\_\_\_\_\_,   
The \_\_\_\_\_ of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_   
Or \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_,   
The blackbird \_\_\_\_\_\_  
Or \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

Answer 5

V
I do not know which to prefer,   
The beauty of inflections   
Or the beauty of innuendoes,   
The blackbird whistling   
Or just after.

Question 6

VI
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_window   
With \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_.   
The \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ blackbird   
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_, to and fro.   
\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_ in \_\_\_\_\_\_ shadow   
An \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

Answer 6

VI
Icicles filled the long window   
With barbaric glass.   
The shadow of the blackbird   
Crossed it, to and fro.   
The mood   
Traced in the shadow   
An indecipherable cause.

Question 7

VII
O _______ ______ ________ Haddam,
Why ______ _______ _______ ______golden birds?
____ you _____ ______ ______ _____ blackbird
Walks around ____ _____
Of the _____ about _____?

Answer 7

VII
O thin men of Haddam,   
Why do you imagine golden birds?   
Do you not see how the blackbird   
Walks around the feet   
Of the women about you?

Question 8

VIII
I know \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_   
\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_  rhythms;   
\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ know, \_\_\_\_\_,   
That the blackbird \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ I \_\_\_\_\_.

Answer 8

VIII
I know noble accents   
And lucid, inescapable rhythms;   
But I know, too,   
That the blackbird is involved   
In what I know.

Question 9

IX
When the blackbird ______ ______ ______ _____,
_____ marked _____ ______
Of one _____ ______ _______..

Answer 9

IX
When the blackbird flew out of sight,
It marked the edge
Of one of many circles.

Question 10

X
\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ blackbirds   
Flying in \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_,   
\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ bawds of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_   
\_\_\_\_\_\_  cry out \_\_\_\_\_\_.

Answer 10

X
At the sight of blackbirds   
Flying in a green light,   
Even the bawds of euphony   
Would cry out sharply.

Question 11

XI
He \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ Connecticut   
\_\_\_\_ a \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_.   
Once, \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ him,   
In that he \_\_\_\_\_\_ 
The \_\_\_\_\_\_ of his \_\_\_\_\_\_\_  
\_\_\_\_\_\_ blackbirds.

Answer 11

XI
He rode over Connecticut   
In a glass coach.   
Once, a fear pierced him,   
In that he mistook   
The shadow of his equipage   
For blackbirds.

Question 12

XII
_____ river ____ ______.
___ blackbird _____ _____ _____.

Answer 12

XII
The river is moving.
The blackbird must be flying.

Question 13

XIII
It was \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ all \_\_\_\_\_\_.   
\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_  
And \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_ snow.   
\_\_\_ blackbird \_\_\_   
\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_-\_\_\_\_\_\_.

Answer 13

XIII
It was evening all afternoon.   
It was snowing   
And it was going to snow.   
The blackbird sat   
In the cedar-limbs.