Why does squeaky not know at first who has won the race in “raymond’s run”? (a) raymond has climbed a fence. (b) the may pole gets in the way. (c) the finish is very close. (d) mr. pearson speaks too softly.

In the first line of the poem, the poet likens himself to a natural object, a cloud. in contrast, the last line of the second stanza, "tossing their heads in sprightly dance," personifies daffodils, which are natural objects. what do these two devices together suggest?