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1. What is the meaning of "cold grass aches our feet"?

2. What is the speaker doing in the poem?

3. What emotion does the speaker express while playing the game?

4. How do the children feel about the game being over?

5. What does the phrase “game’s over” signify?

6. What does the poet use to represent the end of the game?

7. What does the speaker feel when running fast?

8. In the poem, why do the children play until it gets dark?

9. What does the line “trees creep close” symbolize?

10. Why is the speaker out of breath?

12. How do the children feel about the night?

13. How is personification used in the poem?

14. What does the poem suggest about the relationship between nature and play?